Is Test Cricket dying? While people continue to be divided on this topic, Jasprit Bumrah has claimed that Test Cricket is King. The ace Indian speedster has claimed that he judges himself based on Test Cricket. The 30-year old might have made his debut with the IPL, he claimed that skill development happens with red-ball cricket.
India is slated to play against England for a 5-match Test series. The IND vs ENG Test series is slated to commence on 25th January with Bumrah spearheading India’s pace attack.
“I am of that generation where Test cricket is king. I will always judge myself on it. Yes I started with IPL but I learned to bowl through first-class cricket; that’s where I developed my skill, the art of taking wickets. In Test cricket you have to get the batsman out and that challenges you as a bowler,” said Jasprit Bumrah to The Guardian.
Most recently, the debate regarding Test Cricket is dying rose when South Africa decided to send a B-string Team to New Zealand. Jasprit Bumrah claimed that Test cricket is hard and there is no luck involved in it.
“T20s, ODIs, some days you might send down five slower balls and get five guys out, when in a Test match they wouldn’t have taken one. There is no luck in Test cricket, the better team wins, you cannot take 20 wickets through luck. I was never happy with just white-ball cricket and Test cricket is still the utmost format for me,” he added.
Is Test Cricket Dying?
Jaspprit Bumrah has claimed that both white ball and red cricket ball will stay. Each format is different and will find a way to stay. He further claimed that too much of one thing will be boring.
“I don’t know how the youngsters look at it. But Test cricket has been around this long, it will find a way. Every format has its place – too much Test cricket would be boring, too much white ball the same. I think [the sport needs] a little bit of everything, rather than an overdose of one format or the other,” Bumrah concluded.
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