you just cannot ignore the big money factor. thousands of dollars against the "mere" honor of playing a test match for your country.
T20 is the crack, but test cricket is always special. hopefully, some players will still have that decency of preferring test over T20.
good thing is, India is no. 1 in tests now, so at least less of those T20s on tours, and more tests, and since India is the biggest market of cricket, test cricket might use this opportunity to thrive. if only the ICC can seize this opportunity to promote more test cricket, and a test championship, things wud hav been far smooth. this is the time to do it.
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It is good to let Shakib off captaincy, it will relieve some pressure. He will be offered captaincy again in a few years when he will be more than ready, Bangladesh will voyage into a new horizon then
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