Virat Kohli says he is still hopeful of playing county cricket in the future after his scheduled stint with Surrey fell through due to injury but voiced his concerns about the controversial 100-ball format proposed by the ECB.
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In an exclusive in-depth interview with India’s captain in the latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, available to order here, Kohli says the thought of being a “testing sort of a cricketer” for the new format, which is set to be introduced in 2020, does not appeal to him.
“Also just to understand how professional the set-up over here is, how the longest format of the game is looked at with so much respect. And obviously conditions here are something that we don’t quite experience in India. Unfortunately it couldn’t happen this time but I would love to come again in future.”
