‘Kohli should be appointed spokesperson for Tests’: Ian Chappell

TIL Desk Sports/ Former Australia captain Ian Chappell wants the world’s leading players to converge and decide on a structure that needs to be built to save the future of Test cricket, with India skipper Virat Kohli as their designated “spokesperson”.

Chappell, one of the finest leaders the game has seen, believes Test-playing nations will not be producing good cricketers for the longest version till the players of this generation are groomed to only play the slam-bang format, which “dilutes” the general quality coming through the system.

“The skills required to excel at Test level need to be acquired at a young age and then honed in tough competition as the player rises through the grades. This can only be achieved if enough countries have a functional development system,” Chappell wrote in his column.