Virat Kohli will play for Surrey in June

India chief Virat Kohli will play for Surrey in June, the club have reported.

Kohli will play in the Specsavers County Championship and Royal London One-Day Cup, coming full circle in the Championship amusement with Yorkshire at Scarborough.
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"It has for some time been a desire of mine to play province cricket and I am appreciative to Alec Stewart and Surrey for permitting me the chance to go along with them amid their 2018 season. I can hardly wait to get to the Kia Oval," said Kohli.

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Alec Stewart, Surrey's Director of Cricket, stated: "We are excited to have marked the greatest name in world cricket for the long stretch of June. Playing and preparing close by Virat will be a huge advantage for our players who will have the chance to gain such a great amount from him.

"When there is much talk around the eventual fate of region cricket, the landing of Virat should give our residential amusement an enormous lift and positive introduction around the cricketing scene which thusly can profit each province."

Sky Sports Cricket savant and previous Surrey batsman Mark Butcher said of Kohli's marking: "There was just a single club that would oversee it!

"Virat's record in Tests is fantastic all over however England and he needed to take care of that. It was an instance of getting the BCCI to affirm it and finding a club that would suit him.

"He will play at Beckenham, Guildford and Scarborough, which is an enormous jolt for celebration cricket."

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Kohli won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC World Cricketer of the Year in 2017, and was likewise named Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World and commander of the ICC Test and ODI Teams of the Year.

The 29-year-old has guided his nation to the highest point of the ICC Test rankings with 21 triumphs from 34 matches, while he midpoints more than 50 in each of the three organizations of the universal diversion.

Kohli will get together with India for their voyage through England once his short spell with Surrey is over - the visit highlights three T20 internationals, three ODIs and a five-Test arrangement.

That could see Kohli profit to The Oval for September 7 for the last Test against Joe Root's side.

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