There are chances of Test matches being reduced to four days which has been proposed by the ICC for the revival of the format. But that has not gone down well with batting legend Sachin Tendulkar. He feels that taking away day five from spinners would be just like not allowing fast bowlers to bowl on day one.

As per the quotes in Mumbai Mirror, Sachin said, “Spinners look forward to bowling with the scuffed ball, taking advantage of day five of the roughs created on the wicket. All that is a part of Test cricket. Is it fair to take that advantage away from the spinners? There is T20, it is one-dayers and then there are T10 and 100-ball cricket. The test is the purest form of cricket. It should not be tinkered with.”

Sachin goes on to add that everything cannot be sacrificed just to make the game attractive for the new generation.

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The legendary Indian cricketer further added, “When did you last see a bowler using reverse swing in a one-day game? The skill is out of limited-overs formats because now we use two new balls. For the ball to reverse swing, it needs to get soft.”

For Sachin, reducing a day of cricket is not the solution to liven up Tests. Instead, he calls for creating sporting pitches. He said the focus should be more on Providing quality playing surfaces where the ball does things – spin, seam, swing, and bounce.

He further added, “It will automatically liven-up the game. It will also throw up more results. Currently, there are far too many dead games.”

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In the end, Sachin hopes that spinners like Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh hold discussions with the ICC and don’t support the move. They said that it’s one of the things they cannot be supportive of.