Making his stance extremely clear, Sachin Tendulkar told Mid-Day that reducing the duration of the Test matches would indirectly effect the health of the longest format as both spinners and fast bowlers will battle undue pressures of performing during four days. According to him, cricket’s purest format isn’t something that should be tinkered with as removing a day wouldn’t help the cause at all. He explained:
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Advocating the importance of five days of cricket, Tendulkar questioned the number of dead rubbers being played throughout the world due to average and unsporting pitches. He advised the ICC to focus on providing quality pitches that can last all days and has something for everyone. He said:
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Talking to the reporters recently, Indian captain Virat Kohli rubbished any support to four-day Tests and stated that the beauty of Test cricket was to battle it out for five continuous days, testing each cricketer’s endurance levels to the core. Kohli said:
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