All eyes on Virat Kohli ahead of England series

India's new full-time captain Virat Kohli arrives for a Press conference at The MCA International Cricket Stadium in Pune on Saturday.

Virat Kohli will usher in a new era in Indian cricket when he leads the side on Sunday in the ODI series-opener against England in Pune. Kohli replaced the iconic Mahendra Singh Dhoni who recently relinquished the captaincy in the limited overs formats.
These are big boots to fill for Kohli, who will seek to carry forward the superb run in the home Test series into the limited overs format.
Dhoni will be playing under Kohli for the first time as a pure wicketkeeper-batsman and it would be interesting to see how the new arrangement works for India.
Kohli feels that the transition of captaincy will be a smooth one as he will now be in charge of taking a final call even as Dhoni's 'priceless suggestions' will always be welcome.
"It's the same thing. It's just that I am in charge of decisions now and he (Dhoni) will be giving his views, which was the case before as well. I think we both understand as professional cricketers and it'll be pretty smooth (transition)," Kohli said at the pre-match conference.
"When Dhoni was in-charge, I have always shared my point of view and thoughts with him. Eventually he has made those decisions. Sometimes it may immediately click and he makes those changes right away. Sometimes he still takes time to follow his instinct more and keep that as option B. As cricketers, we understand it is a pretty natural thing to have different perspectives about the game, about captaincy as well." But Kohli mentioned that Dhoni's view are priceless to him.
"His views will be priceless for me, as well. But I will have my preparation first and keeping his views in mind, maybe I will follow my instinct for a bit more (time) and then maybe switch to a different plan B from a different point of view."
Talking about Sunday's game, Kohli said his team had a battery of world-class bowlers to counter a 'fearless' England batting attack.
Led by Eoin Morgan, the English ODI team enjoyed a successful 2016, winning 11 and losing just five of their 17 matches.
The visitors also showed their aggressive intent in a recent warm-up match against an India A side in Mumbai, successfully chasing a 305-run target with Sam Billings hitting a gutsy 93.
"We have world-class spinners as well so it's going to be interesting to see how hard they come at us initially... The English team especially in the shorter format looks very fearless." - PTI/AFP
The second ODI will be played on January 19 in Cuttack with the last game on January 22 in Kolkata. The one-dayers will be followed by three Twenty20 matches.