Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has made a controversial assertion concerning the Check format being restricted to only the 3-4 prime nations. However veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said his disagreement on Shastri’s remark. He articulated the significance Check cricket brings to all of the international locations.
“Lately Ravi Bhai stated Check cricket must be made as a format that solely 3-4 nations play. However when 3-4 nations play, groups like Eire received’t get received’t get the chance to play. Solely if you play Check cricket, your first-class construction will get higher,” Ashwin stated on his YouTube channel.
“And solely when your first-class construction is sweet, folks will get extra alternatives. And gamers who do nicely in first-class cricket mould their recreation in accordance with T20 cricket. That’s how cricket has formed up,” Ashwin added.
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“If Check cricket isn’t related, they received’t play it with full curiosity”- R Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin then highlighted the shortage of top notch cricket by giving the instance of the Caribbean nation about how the Windies have shifted their focus from Check cricket to the shorter format of the game, the T20I. This didn’t assist the island nation they usually solely slumped in ODI and T20I cricket.
“How will you strengthen first-class cricket? For that Check cricket must be related in your nation. If Check cricket isn’t related, they received’t play it with full curiosity. I’m at the moment in West Indies and right here we will see that first-class cricket is sort of gone. There are a number of T20 tournaments,” Ashwin added.
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