CRICKET: Criticised Kohli sets sights on county game

India's Virat Kohli dives to make his ground to avoid being run out against Australia on the final day of their cricket test match in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

Virat Kohli said he hoped to play county cricket before India’s next tour of England and try to improve on his poor showing during the team’s last visit.

The captain has hit 640 runs during the first four Tests against England, a far cry from his average of 13.40 when India last visited the country in 2014. England’s James Anderson said India’s dry pitches covered up “flaws” in Kohli’s technique, prompting an outraged response from spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who confronted the fast bowler during the fourth Test in Mumbai.

But when asked, ahead of the fifth and final Test in Chennai, if he would like to play county cricket in England, Kohli said: “If I have a chance, I would love to do that.”