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Find time for test cricket: Vengsarkar

Dilip Vengsarkar, India’s chairman of selectors, has stressed the need to reduce the number of one-day games in order to tackle the issue of player burnout. Instead of cutting down on Tests per tour, Vengsarkar said ODIs had to be targetted.

“We play around five to seven ODI games on every tour,” Vengsarkar said. “This takes away 14 to 20 days. Personally, these two-Test series do not make much sense to me. It should either be three or five.” The proposed itinerary for England’s tour of India in November includes seven ODIs and two Tests.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni recently pulled out of the Test series in Sri Lanka because he needed a break and Vengsarkar said player fatigue had become a global problem. “The stronger nations have to honour their commitments against the weaker sides as well. But how do you accommodate so many matches? Test cricket should not suffer.”

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