Top 5 cricket fan theories

4) Test Cricket doesn’t go hand-in-hand with fast-paced lifestyle

Test cricket is often played in front of empty stands

Fans say that Test cricket is never-ending, while today’s lifestyle rushes through at the rate of knots. Test cricket ambles at a snail’s pace while today’s standard of living gathers the speed of a cheetah right from the word go.

Test cricket is mercilessly deemed to be painstaking after a day spent with immense passion and vigour. When it’s about the game, people want their retina to be caressed by some towering hits over the boundary hoardings after they return home.

Limited overs cricket serves them with the luxury. The timing of the IPL matches for evening games is 8 pm IST in the evening- a time when people have settled in after a hectic day. Test cricket is more about patience and less about dare.

Even ODI cricket is being segregated into two parts. The power-play and slog overs are considered to be the interesting phases of a match while the middle part of the innings gets portrayed as utter dullness.

Gone are those days when stadiums get packed for Test cricket. Somewhere down the line T20 cricket has overshadowed the longest format of the game, but that doesn’t take away the sheen off Test cricket.