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‘If you want to promote Test Cricket…’- India captain Rohit Sharma disagrees with Virat Kohli over five dedicated Test venues

India captain Rohit Sharma has a completely different point of view than Virat Kohli over five dedicated Test venues in India. While addressing the media on the eve of the Indore Test, Rohit said that restricting Tests to certain venues will hinder its growth in the country.

Rohit justified his point of view by claiming that to promote the longest format of the game, it has to be taken to all corners of the country. Ahead of the Indore Test, Rohit said, “If you want to promote Test cricket, it should be played in every part of the country and not restrict it to just a handful of big centers.”

Back in 2017, then India captain Virat Kohli suggested that India should play Tests at dedicated venues and host important series on a rotation basis. Kohli believed that it would build a good season like other countries.

“We’ve been discussing this for a long time now, and in my opinion, we should have five Test centers, period,” Kohli had said, after the conclusion of the Ranchi Test.

“I mean, I agree [with] state associations and rotation and giving games and all that, that is fine for T20 and one-day cricket, but Test cricket, teams coming to India should know, ‘we’re going to play at these five centers, these are the pitches we’re going to expect, these are the kind of people that will come to watch, crowds’,” the former India captain further added.

India is in deep trouble in Third Test

Talking about the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, India are in deep trouble against the Australia. On a rank turner wicket after winning the toss, India skipper Rohit Sharma decided to bat first and the team’s batting got exposed in front of spin bowlers. At the time of writing, India have scored 84 runs for 7 wickets in the first session of day 1.

Three out of seven wickets failed to score in double digits. Virat Kohli was the top-scorer with 22 runs off 52 balls. On the other hand for Australia, Nathan Lyon and Matthew Kuhnemann shined with the bowl as they shared six wickets between each other. Todd Murphy took one wicket too.