Bangalore : Sachin Tendulkar on Saturday said the changes brought into cricket including T20 format has made the sport more exciting and helped getting more results in Tests.
“Cricket is the only sport to have three formats and its only getting more exciting not only for players but also for spectators, he said, in an interaction at KSCAs Platinum Jubilee Celebrations here.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly said T20 has impacted the longer version of the game as players are playing aggressively and there have been many results too.”It has brought innovation to the game. When it comes to Test cricket you need to adjust and no two players are similar in technique wise. Players have to stick to their basics, that is important,” he said.
Former Test captain Rahul Dravid said with many T20 games being played, cricketers need to adapt to the demands of this latest format.”You have to learn to play a few shots. You just can not block it which I did in Test cricket,” he said. “Good players learn to adapt and if we look Chris Gayle, Michael Hussey or an AB de Villiers in last IPL, these guys who sort of dominated are all really good test players. So, we need to have our basics right,” he said.
Tendulkar said the passion for cricket keeps him going and added he dreamt of playing for the country when he held the bat when he was five years old.
