The legendary cricketer AB de Villiers revealed his disappointment at solely a tow-match Test series between South Africa and India on Sunday. The former Proteas batter stated {that a} rise in T20 cricket is responsible for shorter Test series and added that the entire system is turning around the shortest type of the game.
India pulled off a seven-wicket win within the second Test match towards South Africa emerged because the shortest match in purple-ball cricket historical past. South Africa are subsequent scheduled to face New Zealand in one other two-match Test series and followers and former cricketers are not happy with purple-ball cricket getting shorter and shorter.
“I am not happy that there is not a third Test,” de Villiers stated on his YouTube channel. “You must blame the T20 cricket going around the world for that. I do not know whom responsible, however I sense one thing is improper. If you wish to see all of the groups compete and see who is one of the best Test group on the earth, one thing has to alter.
“It (South Africa’s Test squad for New Zealand) has sent shockwaves around the cricketing world and has made it clear that Test cricket is under pressure, for that matter even ODI cricket and the whole system is turning around T20 cricket. The players, the board and coaches will turn towards where there is more money. You cannot blame them for thinking about their future with their family.”
Meanwhile, de Villiers additionally shared his ideas on Newlands, Cape Town’s floor. He termed the pitch as a inventory-normal wicket and highlighted earlier huge scores on the venue in purple-ball cricket.
“It was a pretty stock-standard wicket, in my opinion. I remember jumping around there on day one. If you can just get through the first session on day one, it gets easier. If you see the players playing their shots and not hanging around, they were doing well. I remember Ben Stokes scoring a double-hundred there. I scored some hundreds there. You cannot allow bowlers like Vernon Philander, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada to maintain bowling on off stump, ” de Villiers added.
