Australia legend Greg Chappell said that Test Cricket will be finished if teams like India stop playing it. He feels Test cricket’s survival depends highly on how views the longest format of the game. Chappell also feels it is an encouraging sign that current India captain Virat Kohli has time and again called Test cricket as the ultimate format of the game.
On Tuesday, Greg Chappell said during “Test cricket will die the day India gives it up. I cannot see countries other than India, Australia and England investing in young cricketers to take up Test cricket.”
He continued with,” I have nothing against T20 cricket. It is easier to sell to the public. For Tests, the monetary issue is going to be massive. But at the same time, Indian captain Virat Kohli calls Test cricket the ultimate format, so there is hope that it will survive.”
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The 71-year-old former Indian coach recalls his time at the helm of Indian cricket in good memory. Chappell shares how irrespective of all the troubles, he looks fondly at the period.
He said, “It’s still a period that me and my wife look back with great fondness. It was a wonderful opportunity for me as a coach. I thoroughly enjoyed coaching more than I thought I would. There’s nothing that can replace playing the game but coaching came closer. I was approached by West Indies, Sri Lanka. I thought that If I wanted to coach any other team other than Australia, it was going to be India. So I declined West Indies and Sri Lanka and fortunately that opportunity came.”
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Chappell also spoke on the main reasons for his selection as the Indian team coach. Chappell revealed he was brought in to introduce new techniques and training methods into the team set-up.
“One of the greatest challenge for me was to refresh the team while it had some of the greatest players of the era. And hopefully establish the next champions of Indian cricket. There’s a process to achieve success,” he said
“We tried to bring some changes and some of it worked well. Others players found it a bit challenging leading to differences of opinion. I still look it back on as a happy time. In India you get the best and worst of everything,” he added.
