Virat Kohli 'desperate' to perform in England Tests

Responding to Virat Kohli's claim that team success was more important than his own performances in England, James Anderson has suggested the India captain will be "desperate to score runs" during the upcoming five-match Test series. Anderson, England's attack leader and the world's No. 2-ranked Test bowler, is once again ready to duel with the world's No. 2-ranked Test batsman, Kohli - a contest Anderson termed "exciting".

On July 2, speaking in Manchester on the eve of the T20 series against England, in the only media conference he has given so far on tour (which started late June), Kohli said he had set no targets for himself. He just wanted to have a good time. "It doesn't matter whether I get runs or don't get runs, what I want is the team to play well and the team to win," Kohli said.