“The gamers, the board and coaches will turn towards where there is more cash,” he stated about the clash in between Tests and T20 leagues
The two-Test series in between South Africa and India ended in a 1-1 draw – AFP/Getty Images
Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers is frustrated that India and South Africa played just a two-match Test series and blamed the increase in T20 leagues for the circumstance.
South Africa and India shared the honours with the hosts winning the opening Test in Centurion by an innings and 32 runs before the visitors emerged triumphant in the 2nd Test by 7 wickets.
De Villiers promoted for longer Test series and reckoned that “something needs to alter” if the very best group worldwide is to be recognized.
“I am not pleased that there is not a 3rd Test. You need to blame the T20 cricket walking around the world for that,” he stated on his YouTube channel. “I do not understand whom to blame, however I pick up something is incorrect. If you wish to see all the groups complete and see who is the very best Test group worldwide, something needs to alter.”
South Africa will next be taking a trip to New Zealand in February, once again for a two-Test series. Eyebrows were raised when Cricket South Africa (CSA) revealed an inferior team for the series, with 7 uncapped gamers, due to the fact that of a clash with the SA20. Neil Brand, who is yet to make his Test launching, has actually been handed the captaincy rules of the side.
The Tests will encounter the 2nd season of the SA20, set to range from January 10 to February 10, with the majority of the leading South African cricketers playing in the competition.
De Villiers feels Test cricket is under pressure and confessed that the gamers and coaches would rather go with competitors that provide huge cash than play the five-day format.
“It (South Africa’s Test team for New Zealand) has actually sent out shockwaves around the cricketing world and has actually made it clear that Test cricket is under pressure, for that matter even ODI cricket and the entire system is reversing T20 cricket.
“The gamers, the board and coaches will turn towards where there is more cash. You can not blame them for considering their future with their household.”
Cape Town surface area ‘quite stock-standard’
The surface area for the 2nd India-South Africa Test came under much examination after the match ended in simply under 2 days – the shortest-ever in the history of Test cricket. There were issues about the requirement of the pitch in Cape Town however de Villiers called the surface area as “quite stock-standard”.
“It was a quite stock-standard wicket, in my viewpoint. I keep in mind leaping around there on the first day,” he stated. “If you can simply make it through the very first session on the first day, it gets simpler. If you see the gamers playing their shots and not spending time, they were succeeding. I keep in mind Ben Stokes scoring a double-hundred there. I scored some hundreds there.
“You can not enable bowlers like Vernon Philander, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada to keep bowling on off stump.”