With the advent Of T20 ( Twenty 20) form of cricket , everybody said or at least thought Test Cricket will be Dead Soon.
Test Cricket was boring , long and most of the games didn't produce any result on the other hands T20 and Odi were fast , less time consuming , promised more excitement and yeah most of all a clear winner would emerge .
Test cricket is the purest and truest form of cricket , you need to have temperament , patience, perseverance , talent and skill . You should be in supreme fitness and indeed tests our endurance to the core . Test cricket is the breeding grounds for all great cricketers .It is true that a great test player would be able to play any form of cricket with authority .
The advent of One day and T20 cricket , test matched have evolved in to real battle field, the game have evolved so much , the speed at which the runs scored , the attacking fields and one captain has to outsmart the other captain with mind boggling tactics and his analytical abilities .Test Cricket tests your ability to cope up with different environment like dusty spinning tracks in the Sub-continent to bouncy tracks of the land down under and to the chin music of the mighty west indies .It is the Test for a Genuine Cricketer. Test Cricket is like a carnival , the whole city where the match is being played comes to a stand still , people flock with families to watch the game , its dance , music , fancy dress , party , lawn picnic , pool and beer depending on the country and it leaves a lasting impression in the mind of the youngster, he can learn and also have fun at the same time .
You cannot see a slip cordon comprising of 7 slip fielders in one days or t20's this can only happen in Test cricket .The Shewags , Gayles , Dravids. Sachins , Laras , Dilshans did certainly change the way Test cricket was played and now players like Virat kohli,Steve Smith, David Warner , Faf du Plessis , Kane Williamson make sure we sit up and take notice. The Test matches are being given prime importance and this was evident form the crowd attendance in the recently concluded India - Srilanka series and now the ASHES ( Personally the best was the tantalisingly close finish of South-Africa Vs England Series(2010) , were The English played out of their skins to held on to two draws in the most dramatic ways and the IND vs Aus Series in India (2106/2017)) .
With India climbing on to the Number One Spot in Test Cricket ,dominating the past one year in Home conditions and now the time has come where they need to prove the mettle overseas, the interest in the Test Matches have been for sure rekindled and all the three forms of the games i.e Test , ODI and T20 can co-exist peacefully and help one another to evolve in a better way .
Adios .
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