LONDON; Rahul Dravid, the head coach of India, said that his personal wish would be to see a lot more games in the longest format of the game being played and that he believes the World Test Championship has given context to the games that are worth points. This came amid growing concerns for the future of Test cricket throughout the world.
Dravid also endorsed that the WTC format has to be continued to retain the context of Test cricket. “It’s not usually skewed in terms of favour of any of the countries because even if you play less, you still have an opportunity to make it to a final like New Zealand showed last year and to win the championship. In fact, it probably playing less gives you an opportunity to protect your resources a lot better than some of the bigger teams have.” Drav’d feels India’s bowling attack minus Jasprit Bumrah will be ready to react to whatever conditions are available on match day morning.
“At least from the time I have probably been playing or following cricket, I’m not sure if there’s actually been a Test match played in June. I’m not sure before that, not sure historically if there’s actually ever been cricket played in June.” “But a lot of the data and a lot of the stats that we looked at over the last bit is skewed towards the end of the summer in the UK. Wickets are slightly different, slightly more tired - having played here in the past.
Dravid also endorsed that the WTC format has to be continued to retain the context of Test cricket. "It's not usually skewed in terms of favour of any of the countries because even if you play less, you still have an opportunity to make it to a final like New Zealand showed last year and to win the championship. In fact, it probably playing less gives you an opportunity to protect your resources a lot better than some of the bigger teams have."
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