Delhi: The third round of the World Test Championship ended with South Africa’s victory. There is no doubt that in this round of the two -year championship, there was a discussion of deficiencies in its structure every day and it was advocated to improve, but the dramaticness and thrill in the finals in Lord’s, forced to forget everything.
Even in the era of this T20, in the entire cricket world, everyone was associated with the match in it, even if the 5 -day Test did not last 4 days. This final showed that the thrill of Test cricket is increasing with every round.
There are many stories of superstition in cricket and this South African team continued this tradition during this big victory or big effort of cricket. When Temba Bavuma and Eden Markram were playing the Test winning partnership at Lord’s, no one changed his seat in the dressing room and the team management had banned the choice in the toilet break. Out of the first two days, after falling 14 wickets every day, only 4 wickets fell on the third day and the match came to the exciting turn for which Test cricket is famous.
Today, it is being said that T20 is ending the most Test cricket, despite that, not only the first three days of the Test were not only a packed, all the tickets available for sale were sold. Keep in mind that none of the two teams playing were neither England nor India.
Incidentally, South Africa got the dressing room with ‘home team’ for the Test at the Nutral Ground and as if the entire stadium wanted to see South Africa winning the Test. The stadium has a record of 28357 viewers in the stadium on the third day. Even on the fourth day, whatever the result, the test will end till the test lunch, the stadium was packed.
This final has proved that playing this championship, promoting Test cricket, is one of the most correct decisions of ICC. In the thrill of the Test, everyone forgot that 28 wickets fell in the first two days of the Test. If the pitch had shown such orgy in a Test in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Bangladesh, the noise of ‘useless pitch’ would have been echoing on social media and the curator of the host association would have lost sleep but the third and fourth day pitch changed cricket.
The improvement scheme in Test cricket has been one of the most favorite topics of recent months. There are very much advocates to divide the 12 teams playing Tests into two divisions. Such an atmosphere has become like that in the last few years that Test cricket is alive only due to ‘Big Three’ and the richest cricket country, India, Australia and England and without distributing the Test playing team into two divisions, it is clear that these are the only three ‘first divisions’.
South Africa victory has challenged this thinking and has forced that Test cricket is alive outside these three Big Three. Only these 3 team tests are not seen. This final of Lord’s and the victory of South Africa has given the tonic given to Test cricket by any decision being taken in the ICC office.
It is not that broadcasters can earn money only from the test of these 3 powerful teams. Okay in Test cricket, and that too in the Test of every team, no T20 or Team India’s Test is not equal to the money, it would be wrong to think about paying tribute to this format.
One such test is heavy at the thrill of many T20s. Such match tests settled in memories, how many T20s are remembered? Therefore, only try to try to increase Test cricket. In every Test, one team cannot be India, so it is important that the cricket level of every team is better and exciting tests should be played.
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