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‘Strength of the Test Cricket Should Come from How Strong You’re Financially’ – Virat Kohli
By Shruti - Nov 26, 2019 8:51 pm
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India have registered a convincing win over Bangladesh in the maiden pink-ball Test in Kolkata. Virat Kohli praised a lot for the boards to make this happen. However, he opined that it’s for their respective boards to give Test cricket the equal priority at the same time when T20 franchise leagues are luring cricketers. He further said that the Test cricketers now feel secure.

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Virat Kohli

“Eventually the strength of the Test cricket should come from how strong you’re financially. Unless if you keep them financially well, after a time their motivation will go down,” he shared.

“Because a (T20) player bowling just four overs and playing for 20 overs is earning 10 times more money than you. Eventually it’s your livelihood and you won’t see any logic and will think of changing your profession after five-six years and feel like becoming a T20 player. It can be improved with Central Contracts,” he expressed.

The pink-ball Test saw the pacers doing wonders and India captain said managing their workload was important as well.

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“It took a lot of time to figure out their own fitness, routines and everything. Now they take ownership of their own preparation, their own fitness. And communication is very clear. If someone’s going through a workload problem, it’s up to them to take rest or not. They feel very secure also even if they don’t play, we have enough backup bowlers to still come in and do the job for us. I think that bench strength is also helping us along,” he told.

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Sourav Ganguly

Kohli further shared that pink-ball Test could be the new beginning and also added that the BCCI under Sourav Ganguly would see more Test cricket-centric developments in future.

“The pink ball Test is a beginning, I’m sure these will be planned more often. And then you know that buzz will be created again in different parts of the country as well. Dada has been very open and welcoming of all viewpoints that I discussed with him and to understand you know, what point of view we have as a team and his vision is also in sync. He’s also doing things for the betterment of Test cricket. In return Indian cricket will be stronger,” Virat Kohli concluded.