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India batsman Virat Kohli expressed his excitement at touring England for a Test series, at a press conference on Monday (7th July) in Nottingham.

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SOUNDBITE (English): Virat Kohli, India batsman:

"Well, you have to be thinking about winning the first game of the series. Putting in a strong performance in a five-Test match series, in the first game obviously sort of sets the tone for the series and the other team has to claw back then but England have played some really good cricket here and so have we in the past, in the last tour we didn't play as we wanted to but on the previous tours before that I think India has done well in England so we can take a lot of confidence out of that. As you said, the first game will be very important to set the tone for the series. There is a lot of time to come back but whoever gets the first punch in will obviously hold advantage and can build onto that momentum from there."