For Test cricket to thrive, the best players need to play regularly. The absence of Kohli and Brook will impact the quality and box-office value of the series
India’s Test series against England starting on Thursday comes as welcome relief. There’s been a surfeit of T20 cricket recently. Watching big hits and brilliant fielding is exciting, and every now and then you get an edge-of-seat thriller like the double Super Over humdinger against Afghanistan last week. But I am not a glutton for this format and have been counting the days for this rubber to begin.(HT)