{"id":16189,"date":"2013-08-21T02:32:59","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T02:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=16189"},"modified":"2013-08-21T02:32:59","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T02:32:59","slug":"rahul-dravid-bats-for-day-night-test-cricket-compares-the-format-with-trunk-of-a-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=16189","title":{"rendered":"Rahul Dravid bats for Day-Night Test cricket, compares the format with trunk of a tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indian former captain and batting legend has once again batted for the longest form of cricet\u2014the Test cricket. Making a clarion call to secure the future of Test cricket, former India captain Rahul Dravid has suggested the introduction of day-night matches using pink balls while comparing the game\u2019s traditional format with the trunk of a tree, says a report in <strong>The Hindu.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are, I believe, maybe one generation away from reaching the point where our entire youth structures could cater only to T20 without any emphasis on the longer form of the game. By not giving youngsters a chance to explore their versatility, endurance or even improvisational skills, we will be selling ourselves and our sport well short,\u201d Dravid said.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report in <strong>Deccan Chronicle,<\/strong> Dravid talked about measures to prop up the longer format of the game at a time when it is facing stiff competition from T20. \u201cIf that means reworking how first-class and Test players can be out on more lucrative contracts, let\u2019s get the accountants on this. If it means playing day-night cricket, we must give it a try, keep an open mind. The game\u2019s traditions aren\u2019t under threat if we play Test cricket under lights. I know there have been concerns about the durability of the pink ball, but I have had some experience of it having played for the MCC, and it seemed to hold up okay,\u201d Dravid, speaking at the ESPNcricinfo for Cricket event held in London on Monday, said.<\/p>\n<p>Comparing Test with trunk of the tree, Dravid said, \u201cTest cricket, an older, larger entity is the trunk of a tree and the shorter game \u2014 be it T20 or ODIs \u2014 is its branches, its offshoots. Now to be fair, it is the branches that carry the fruit, earn the benefits of the larger garden in which they stand and so catch the eye. The trunk, though, is the old, massive, larger thing, which took a very long time to reach height and bulk. But it is actually a life source: chip away at the trunk or cut it down and the branches will fall off, the fruit will dry up,\u201d explained Dravid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Test cricket has proved its resilience over a century and is a tough old dog, we must understand that no matter what the crises past, it has reached a fairly critical point in its history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to a report in <strong>The Times Of India,<\/strong> the former skipper said that the rigours cricketers face in the longer version help them, especially youngsters, better understand their basic game. \u201cThe fundamental core of every cricketer\u2019s game is enriched by playing four-and five-day cricket. By using those well-trained powers of adaptability, discipline, resilience and focus as a T20 cricketer, you will have double the advantage than the player possessed only of talent and timing. The skill of learning how to think clearly under pressure is required in T20, but it is built through having to endure pressure for a session, two sessions, an entire day, a series of spells,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian former captain and batting legend has once again batted for the longest form of cricet\u2014the Test cricket. 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