Veteran Indian spinner and allrounder Ravichandran Ashwin felt that Test cricket is the peak of beauty as seen in the video posted by the BCCI from their social media handle.
The video gives glimpses of the practice session in Bengaluru ahead of the first Test against New Zealand. Ashwin's voiceover revealed that in Test cricket, every-day-to-day player has to adapt to conditions and come out with new strategies and approaches.
See, Test cricket is always about adaptability, right? You can't start Day 5 like how you started Day 1. Every day you need to be able to adapt to the conditions. That's why they say Test cricket is the pinnacle of this particular sport," said Ashwin in the video.
After bagging the Player of the Series award in a 2-0 clean sweep against Bangladesh last month, Test specialist Ashwin, who has claimed 527 wickets to his name in the lengthiest format of the game, will be back on the field when India play New Zealand, starting from tomorrow, with the first match scheduled for M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
New Zealand last visited India in 2021-22 when the hosts had won the two-match series 1-0. In the second Test against Wankhede, New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel became only the third bowler after Jim Laker and India's Anil Kumble to take all 10 wickets in an innings.
India are currently sitting atop the World Test Championships (WTC) table while New Zealand, title-winners in 2021, have plunged to sixth. Rohit Sharma's team will look forward to consolidating its position in WTC standings ahead of the all-important tour of Australia starting in November-January.
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