IND vs ENG: I don’t think he has any sort of weakness: Moeen Ali on Virat Kohli

England all-rounder Moeen Ali is optimistic about his “match-winning performances”. He has set “little targets” for him that he aims to achieve in the upcoming series. Moen has 181 Test wickets.

“I still feel I’ve got wickets and runs in me and match-winning performances within me. I have little targets I want to achieve first. I am not too far away from getting 200 wickets. I know people say they don’t look at these things but it would be something I would look at. Then I would set another target after that,” Moeen told ESPN.

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Virat Kohli played only one match in the last series as he took paternity leave to attend the birth of his first child. Kohli will be back as the captain. Moeen said it will tough for them to get Kohli out as he does not display “any sort of weakness”.


“How do we get him out? He’s obviously an amazing player, world-class, he’s very motivated to do well and I’m sure he’ll be even more motivated after they did well in Australia and he had to leave for the birth of his child. I don’t know how we’re going to get him out [specifically] because I don’t think he has any sort of weakness but we have a good bowling attack, some pace in the line-up. He’s a great guy and a good friend of mine – we don’t talk too much about cricket. We do a little bit but not too much,” he said.

Moeen backed out from the series against Sri Lanka as he had tested positive for COVID-19. He joined his teammates on January 16 and arrived in Chennai with the squad.

“I think I’m fine. Whether or not I get picked is another matter. Bessy and Leachy I thought did quite well in Sri Lanka and are coming off some good performances. In terms of being ready to play, I think I’ll be fine to play, I’ll be ready. I’ve waited long enough,” Moeen said.