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India’s Cricket Boss Ganguly Opposes four-day Test plan

Indian cricket chief Sourav Ganguly has come out against playing four-day tests, suggested by the world governing body as a way to cram more cricket into a crowded calendar.

The International Cricket Council proposed the possibility of cutting World Test Championship matches by one day from 2023, but Ganguly said that officials should not "tinker" with what he calls the best form of cricket.

Four-day Tests have been tried in one-off games between South Africa and Zimbabwe and England against Ireland, but the Board of Control for Cricket in India is among a growing list of critics.

“I am not a big fan of four-day cricket because I feel a lot of Test matches will not finish,” Ganguly, who turned 48 on Wednesday, said in an online chat hosted by the BCCI.

“When you have four days the approach is different,” he said.

“I really feel that there is no need to tinker with those five-day Test matches. And for me Test matches are the toughest and the best form of cricket.”

Nevertheless, Ganguly, who is rumored to be in the post for ICC chairmanship, advocates many developments, including day-night tests.

India, which declined to play under floodlights in Australia in 2018, entered the pink ball team against Bangladesh in Kolkata last year.

The final Test of a two-match series attracted packed crowds at Eden Gardens despite the Test lasting less than three whole days. India won the series 2-0.

“Day-night cricket, one Test a series is important because cricket needs everyone back,” said the former India captain.

“We played that pink Test in Kolkata, I don’t think if it was a normal India-Bangladesh Test match we would have one-tenth of the people,” he said, noting that 150,000 people attended over three days played.

Source: AFP

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