The 30-year-old Indian will replace South Africa batsman Aiden Markram, who will end his stint with Hampshire at the conclusion of the Royal London One-Day Cup group-stage.
The players that BCCI have zeroed in are Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Hanuma Vihari, Mayank Agarwal, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ishant Sharma, who will play County cricket.
AB de Villiers will be available for the first seven group games and for the later stages, as well, if the team made it to the knockout stage.
The Tamil Nadu opener endured a poor run in England, making 20, 6, 0 and 0 in the first two Tests and was dropped. Subsequently, he signed up for Essex and scored a ton and three half-centuries.
After six years of denial, the former Pakistan cricketer confessed his involvement in the 2009 spot-fixing scandal which rocked England's County cricket.
BCCI has arranged county games for the Tamil Nadu veteran so that he can remain in contention for the tour of Australia.
Ashwin made a massive impact on and off the field after being signed for the final four Championship matches last summer, helping the county to gain promotion to Division One.
While Kohli will only get one four day game as a warm-up before the Test match, Stewart feels that playing limited overs matches will be of some help though.
The academy has been named as the Tendulkar Middlesex Global Academy (TMGA) and will provide young kids an opportunity to learn from master blaster himself and Middlesex Cricket.
But the more important fact‚ for South Africans‚ was that Steyn came through 50 overs of bowling in the match.
After a stress-free break since the IPL 2018, a fresh Team India skipper Virat Kohli says that he is ready for the tour of England and will play the 1st T20I match against Ireland.
Team India head coach came to the captain's defence after he was ruled out from playing his maiden County stint with Surrey cricket club.
The Team India captain will now undergo a period of rehabilitation under the supervision of the BCCI Medical team.
Reports had emerged that the Team India skipper had suffered a slipped disc and might miss out on his County stint, however, a BCCI official has stated that it is a case of 'neck sprain'.
According to a report in Mumbai Mirror, Kohli visited the Khar Hospital on Wednesday afternoon, where the orthopaedic surgeon and his team briefed the cricketer about his reports.
The 28-year old Aaron credits the hard work he has put in before going to England as the reason behind his success in County cricket.
The England all-rounder also rejected the perception that the Indian captain is intimidating and aggressive but is instead quite humble.
India's Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara feels he will get his Indian Premier League (IPL) contract in coming year, adding that he is hoping to make a comeback in One Day Internationals for the national side.
Former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar on Friday supported Virat Kohli's decision to prefer County stint over next month's one-off Test against Afghanistan to prepare for the challenging England tour.
The Board of Control for Cricket of India (BCCI) has named Virat Kohli as Team India skipper for the Ireland T20Is, however, the 29-year old will be playing for Surrey in County cricket at the time.
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