Kevin Pietersen has obviously made a fantastic start to his captaincy career but I think he will find things a bit tougher when England come to India this year.

I didn’t see those England matches as we were in Sri Lanka but to beat South Africa 4-0 is impressive. England must have played some special cricket to win a series so convincingly against such a top side as South Africa.

England are looking strong under Kevin now, especially with ‘Freddie’ Flintoff back and firing with the bat and ball. He is a key man for them and his reverse swing will be a factor in India also.

Kevin has always been a confident player – he’s always been that way when he bats - and he has taken that attitude into his captaincy, which has lifted the whole team. We know England are a good team and they played very well here on the last tour (1-1 in Test series in 2006) so we are looking forward to facing them after we face Australia, which is our priority for now.

But India is probably the toughest place for the likes of England, Australia and South Africa to tour because they find it difficult to adjust to the heat and many other things.

The wickets are nice to bat on and will test their bowlers, there is low bounce and it spins a lot more than in England. We will be competitive and hard to beat. As I have said there will be a lot of reverse swing, so that may give England a chance to pressurize us, but it always takes time for sides to adjust to our conditions.

The India tour will definitely be a big challenge for Kevin as captain and then he has the Ashes next year so there are some huge games coming up.

It’s too early to judge him as a captain at this stage. He has proved himself a great batsman but you need to give him maybe two years to assess him as a leader.

But if his team is still winning after that amount of time then you will have to say he has been a great success. It will be interesting to see how he goes. Good luck to him.