Will know by end of series whether rest from County helped Virat, says Stewart

Alec Stewart and Team India skipper Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli's much-hyped maiden county stint for Surrey had to be called off due to a neck injury post T20 but how much has the rest helped the Indian captain will only be discovered after the end of the Test series, said former England captain and county's Director of Cricket Alec Stewart.

Interestingly, Stewart, who is the Director of Cricket for Surrey County had played a pivotal role in getting Kohli to sign his maiden county contract, where he was supposed to play three four day games during the months of May and June.

"Virat has played only a limited number of [Test] matches in England and his record is nowhere near the high quality he has achieved everywhere else around the world. So, only he can answer [if the rest helped him more] and we will know at the end of this series," Stewart said when asked if skipping county stint would help him during Tests.

Stewart believes that had Kohli been fit, his stint would have proved to be mutually beneficial for both parties. "In my conversation with him, we told him that we very much wanted him at Surrey for that month [May], and he told us he wanted to be here. It would have helped Surrey and it would have definitely helped Virat as well, he added.

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