Tests are ultimate challenge for players: Kumble

Wed, Jul 16 01:33 PM

Colombo, Jul 16 (PTI) The phenomenal success of Twenty20 notwithstanding, Tests would remain the ultimate challenge for a cricketer, says Indian skipper Anil Kumble. "Test cricket is here to stay and players really feel privileged to be a part of Test cricket.

Personally I remember most of my milestones achieved in Test matches. It's very hard for me to go back and pull out my best one-day performances," Kumble said.

Kumble felt the Twenty20 craze among the fans has a lot to do with media's frenzied coverage of the format. The veteran leg-spinner hoped that the media would give an equally exhaustive coverage to his side's Test series against Sri Lanka starting here July 23.

"As a cricketer we value Test cricket than any other form. This series obviously will depend on how the media portrays it," Kumble said.

"When you talk about results 90 per cent of Test matches have produced results. I don't see why there should be a decline in that issue, it's just that the talk and the success of the Twenty20 that has probably made Test cricket look as if it has taken a back seat.

But I dont think so. Its just a perception," he added.

PTI.

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