5 reasons why four-day Test cricket will not work

#3 Mindset of batsmen changes

Vijay and Pujara have become Test specialists for India

In today’s world, fans love to see a Gayle-storm in any T20 game or a watching AB de Villiers go bonkers and smash the bowlers all around the park. But purists would also tell that a Murali Vijay leave outside the offside or a solid wall-like defence from Cheteshwar Pujara or Kane Williamson is as pretty a sight as the above mentioned.

But what 4=four-day cricket will do is make the players to for their shots which might result in them losing their wickets earlier than what they’re used to. They might play at deliveries which they wouldn’t in a proper 5-day game.

And the reason for this might be the shortage of time. Since there are only four days available, the teams would like to post a big score and will want to get them at a faster rate as they would need enough time to bowl the opposition out twice.

Hence, the mindset of most batsmen would change for 4-day Tests as they would tend to play more shots when they don’t need to.