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james Anderson: Kevin Pietersen's back? No problem for this England dressing room

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To be honest, no one really knew how Kevin Pietersen's reintegration into the team environment was going to work.

We had meetings in England before we departed to break the ice, get the awkwardness out of the way and start afresh.

But people still wondered how things would be in the dressing room when he came back.

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Back in the fold: Kevin Pietersen is getting on well in the England dressing room

So far on this tour, from the way we have been getting on, banter and all, it would be difficult for a newcomer to believe there had ever been a problem.

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That says a lot about the strength of the spirit in the group and also reflects well on Kevin's frame of mind.

As Swanny said this week, the mickey-taking is still coming as thick and fast as ever, but Kevin has been fantastic and giving as good as he is getting, which is vital.

If he cannot be himself around the guys then he cannot be himself on the field and that is what we need him to be if we want to try to become the team we want to be, with him in it making shedloads of runs.

I have been happy with the way we are getting into the tour, but I've been amused at how the captaincy has obviously gone to Cooky's head.

He made an excellent century in our first match, then promptly sat out the second game.

Funny, but I don't seem to recall he ever missed a game when he was one of us foot soldiers.

Cricket culture

To say Indians are fanatical about their cricket is like saying Homer Simpson quite likes Duff beer.

Entire TV channels are devoted to the game.

Everywhere you look, either on the box, in the papers or out on the street, you are confronted by giant images of Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli, explaining how they can't live without this deodorant or that motor oil.

Hero: Sachin Tendulkar is idolised in India

And the kind of attention we have been getting offers a small window into the world they live in when they are at home.

Everyone seems to want to meet you, shake hands, have their photo taken with you then take you home to meet the wife and kids.

On a more serious note, you never quite get over the sight of the beggars.

We have been advised not to give, but it takes a hard heart to say no and it never gets any easier.

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