The legendary West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle believes that India, England, and Australia dominating Test cricket is not an excellent signal for smaller groups. He feels that gamers from the smaller groups must receives a commission properly and will play extra red-ball cricket to develop their expertise.
England and Australia kicked off the ICC World Test Championship 2023-2025 cycle with a five-match collection whereas India can be touring to West Indies for the multi-format collection subsequent month. India, England, and Australia have performed a mixed 2489 Tests to date and presently are ranked within the high three ICC Test groups rankings.
Gayle, 43, mentioned that larger groups are getting paid extra and playing extra Test cricket which is leaving the smaller groups at a disadvantage.
“Over the years, cricket has changed quite a bit. It is a big business now. A lot of money is being thrown around not just in T20 leagues but in Test cricket as well. The bigger teams getting paid more than the smaller teams, leaving them at a disadvantage,” Gayle mentioned to PTI.
Gayle additionally recommended a change within the construction of Test cricket in order that smaller groups can be benefited. He added that each one groups needs to be playing the identical quantity of cricket and must get paid equally.
“It must be structured so that everybody can profit. The deprived and lower-ranked groups must play extra video games to develop their expertise.
Infrastructure must be created for them and people gamers must be paid properly similar to the large groups as a result of everybody is playing the identical quantity of cricket,” Gayle mentioned through the Indian Veteran Premier League launch.
“If (the boards) don’t allow them to play those tournaments, then pay them properly, so that you can make international cricket better rather than have two or three teams pretty much dominating Test and ODI cricket. It doesn’t make sense at all. It would kill the game.”
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