Former India coach Ravi Shastri has proposed a radical two-tier system for the ‘survival of Take a look at cricket’ after the India versus Australia collection. The hosts clinched the Border Gavaskar Trophy with a 1-3 margin.
After the ultimate match on the Sydney Cricket Floor, Ravi Shastri, who’s in Australia as a commentator, talked in regards to the significance of massive groups dealing with one another extra ceaselessly in Exams.
“It [the MCG Test] was additionally a sound reminder to the ICC that the very best ought to play the very best for Take a look at cricket to outlive. I’ll say that there’s an excessive amount of of a litter in any other case,” Ravi Shastri stated.
“This match additional emphasises why we want a two-tier system with the highest 6-8 groups after which embrace promotion and demotion. You’ll not get these sorts of crowds when you don’t have two correct groups enjoying,” Ravi Shastri added.
This got here after Cricket Australia introduced {that a} complete of 8,37,879 followers bodily attended the India vs Australia collection within the stands on the 5 venues. That is the very best collection attendance for any non-Ashes collection in Australia.
On the Perth Stadium, the document day by day attendance for any Take a look at in Perth was hit on Day 2 with 32,368 followers attending.
Adelaide Oval additionally noticed a document single day attendance for a Take a look at towards India with 51,642 followers turning up on Day 2. The Take a look at additionally noticed the biggest attendance for a Take a look at towards India at Adelaide Oval of 1,35,012 set in simply three days.
The Gabba Take a look at in Brisbane noticed a Day 2 attendance of 34,227, which was the biggest for a Take a look at towards India in Brisbane. The Boxing Day Take a look at at Melbourne noticed a complete attendance of three,73,691, which was a document for any Take a look at in Australia surpassing the three,50,534 who noticed Don Bradman’s Australia defeat England in a six-day Take a look at in 1937. The 74,362 followers who confirmed as much as watch the ultimate day of the MCG Take a look at was additionally a document Day 5 crowd for any Take a look at in Australia. And the fifth Take a look at on the SCG noticed the three largest day by day attendances for a Take a look at towards India in Sydney with the brand new single day document of 47,998 set on Day 1.
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