Virat Kohli may join county cricket to gear up for the England Test series: Report

If the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) don't make it to the IPL playoffs, Virat Kohli will go to England. Kohli's planning to play county cricket there to prepare for the test series against England but everything depends on how RCB does in the Indian Premier League, According to a report by Revsportz.

A former Indian cricket players have been saying Kohli needs to start playing in domestic cricket matches, if he wants to play better especially for the long games. Even Gautam Gambhir, the team's head coach, thinks Kohli and Rohit Sharma should really focus on domestic cricket to get over their rough patch in Test matches.

If RCB gets to the IPL final on May 25, Kohli will only have about 14 days to play in the county cricket before the five game test series with England starts.

Kohli knows it's hard to get ready to play England's swing conditions. He's struggled in his last few test matches in England. If he doesn't prepare properly, he might face the same problems in the next series.

Timeline of IPL 2025 and County Cricket:

• "The IPL 2025 season starts on March 14 and finals on May 25"
• "The first phase of the County Cricket season starts from April 4 to May 26"
• "The second phase of County Cricket resumes on June 22 and until September 27"

In the first Test in Perth, Kohli starts wonderfully, scoring a hundred, but his next games are poor performance of the Border Gavaskar series. He started strong and got us all excited, but he couldn't maintain the momentum, which was a bit disappointing.

Kohli, 36, wants to forget the tough times from the Australia tour and Spending time playing county cricket in England could greatly assist him find his rhythm again and feel more confident. This experience would be good for working on his skills and mindset before the test series coming up.

Virat Kohli Test Performance Since 2019

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