NEW DELHI – Indian captain Virat Kohli will face the biggest test of hiscareer during the tour of England in July.

The talismanic batsman has scored heaps of runs in pretty much everycountry he has played in. Except England, of course. Kohli averaged merely13.40 during India’s last tour of England. The away-moving ball causedtremendous trouble to the right-hander, with James Anderson getting thebetter of him through the series.

Now, as India go about trying to establish themselves as the finest Testteam in world cricket, a lot will depend on how Kohli performs in theall-important tour of England. Team India will first play three T20s,followed by as many ODIs, and finally five mouth-watering Tests.

In order to give himself the best possible chance to succeed, Kohli hasdecided to play English County Cricket as soon as the upcoming season ofthe Indian Premier League ends. The 29-year-old will play a few matches forSurrey, hoping to fine-tune his skills.

However, there is one man who isn’t at all pleased with Kohli preparing forthe England Test series by playing County cricket. That man is legendaryEnglish fast-bowler Bob Willis.

The 68-year-old strongly believes that the participation of internationalcricketers in England’s County Championship is unfair to local fringeplayers.

“I can’t stand overseas players in county cricket. It doesn’t benefit theplayers stranded in the second XI year on year and the youngsters. The onlyway to improve our Test team is to have as many England-qualified playersplaying in the County Championship as possible,” he was quoted as saying bySky Sports.

Willis also stated that the idea of Kohli getting practice in Englishconditions before a crucial Test series is ‘nonsense’, and that the Indiancaptain ‘should be made to suffer and average 30 in England as he has donebefore’.

“Instead, they’re going to pay Kohli, presumably, five figures a match sohe can hone his skills in English conditions before a Test series.