Former India cricketer, Sanjay Manjrekar recons that in order to save the importance of Test cricket some immediate steps need to be taken. He also feels that Indian skipper Virat Kohli is doing some extraordinary job for Team India in the pursuit of the same. Manjrekar believes Virat puts heart and soul in the game and his exploits would see people coming out to watch Test cricket more.

Moreover, coming to the Windies Tests, the young Indian debutant Prithvi Shaw was awarded the player of the series. After he hit his maiden century in the Rajkot Test, Shaw’s unbeaten 33 in the second innings in Hyderabad helped India run-riot inside three days.

Also, in the second Test, Umesh Yadav recorded his career-best bowling figures by picking his first ten-wicket haul in Test cricket. Overall, India’s all-round show helped them winning the Test series 2-0 against the Windies in Tests. However, India came back from a 1-4 defeat in an overseas series against England. Meanwhile, it was the batting department that let India down in England. The bowlers did an excellent job to rattle the opposition on almost all the occasions.

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However, Virat was the only man from India who scored the highest runs and was rewarded with the ‘Man of the tournament’ award as well. The Indian skipper had scored 593 runs in the Test series and continued it in the Tests against Windies, by hitting his 24th Test century in Rajkot. In total, the right-hander had scored 183 runs in two innings.

Talking about Kohli, Manjrekar said, “It is here I feel Test cricket is so fortunate that today’s cricket’s biggest brand — Virat Kohli — loves Test cricket and puts his heart and soul into it.” 

However, Virat has led 42 Test matches and has won 24 with a win percentage of 57.14. In addition to that, Kohli’s win percentage is more than that of Dhoni’s in Tests. Furthermore, nowadays Test cricket is played in front of empty stands and IPL in front of 50,000 plus audience. Moreover, in the final segment of a lecture, Sanjay Manjrekar reveals why he wants the administrators to introduce day-night Test matches.