4 Reasons Why Test Cricket Is Boring In India

4 Reasons Why Test Cricket Is Boring In India; Well, the title looks a bit tough to take for the Indian Cricketing fanatics but it is a matter of fact that the Test matches in India aren’t attractive like they are in overseas conditions. Maybe the flat pitches or the batting dominance against fast bowlers or the spinners calling the shots, the game of Test cricket in India always struggled to be right up there for the viewers like it was overseas. However, when it comes to limited-overs format, the Indian conditions are like Everest to the entertainment.

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Not only fans but also former cricketers and a few cricketing experts also felt that there is something lacking in the Test matches in India, as the venues in India hardly offer sporting wickets for the longer version of the game. Meanwhile, we dug out four reasons why Test cricket is boring in India. Have a look:

4 Reasons Why Test Cricket Is Boring In India:

– Toss makes a massive impact:

Despite toss is not in the hands of either skipper, having the luck to win the toss in India or in Asian conditions is of utmost importance. The team, which wins the toss, will have many benefits, as the game progress. With the hard wicket on offer, the batsman will enjoy the ball coming on to the bat on Day 1 and Day 2, thus, accumulating massive tallies on the board.

By the time when the second innings start, it gets a bit tougher for the batsmen, as the spin bowlers get a bit of assistance from the pitch. It even becomes difficult for 3rd innings while the toss-losing team, who bats fourth in the innings will have to display enormous skills to battle out in the middle with their willows.

– Nothing on offer for Fast bowlers:

Unless it is the new ball, there will be nothing on offer for the fast bowlers in Indian conditions. Fast bowlers, who depend on their brute pace, will have nothing from the pitch, as the batsman enjoys playing him through the line. The lack of bounce in the surface is the other major factor, which asks the fast bowlers to target fuller lengths rather than going for the short-bowling plan.

The batsmen will hardly see ball passing to the wicket-keeper near to their helmet area. The only good thing for the fast bowlers in Indian conditions is that they can get the reverse swing if they got the calibre to control it. The most frustrating thing for the fast bowlers is that the edges will hardly carry to the fielders at slip cordon or to the keeper.

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Imagine you got the better off a player like Virat Kohli but the edge didn’t carry to the wicket-keeper despite bowling at the 145+ KMPH.

– Pitch Condition on Day 4 and 5:

Perhaps, batting on a Day 4 or a Day 5 pitch in Asian conditions would be the nightmare for any batsman. The cracks on the pitches and the dust will help the spinners thus making things pretty tough for the batsman. Add rough patches to it, which were created during the 3 to 4 days of play.

Spinners would simply deliver on those patches and bag those wickets in their kitty like it was a video game played on Easy mode.  More often than not, you find spinners opening the innings for the bowling team on Day 4 or 5 sometimes on Day 3 or 2 as well. Though pitches deteriorate even in overseas, the pitch condition will be worse in Asian conditions.

– Batting dominant surfaces for every game:

It would be a joy for the batsman to open innings in India, especially, on Day 1. The hardball, vacant areas, lightening-fast outfields… aren’t those enough for the batsmen to lick his lips? In the meantime, imagine how fast bowlers would think of the same conditions. It doesn’t matter what they try, they end up becoming bowling machines, as the ball comes on to the bat pretty nicely.

When is the last time we have seen a headline quoting ”Bowlers dominated Day 1 of the Test match in Indian conditions”? Sorry, I can’t remember.