Shakib: It's a big responsibility to change Test culture
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Bangladesh Test captain Shakib al Hasan remarked that test cricket is not valued in the country and it's important to improve the 'Test culture'.
When asked if players are more interested in shorter formats of the game, he said, "I think you can't fault the players totally for it (getting less interested in Test) because our system is like that,"
"When did you see 30,000 or 25000 fans are watching a Test match from the ground (in Bangladesh) where as in England this happens during every match. So, there was no Test culture in our country before and that is not there even today," he said.
Shakib further said that without the development of a Test culture, test cricket would not progress.
"Because it is (Test culture) not there doesn't mean it will not happen and it a big responsibility to change it( bring Test culture) and to do that if we can sit together and work after making a plan, then there is a possibility that something might happen, otherwise I don't think we can move forward a lot because we don't have the culture," he said.
Shakib believes Bangladesh's national team must improve its Test culture by building confidence and performing well at home.
"I won't say we value Test cricket a lot and there is a possibility that as we don't do good result we don't value it, but everything is inter-linked and they need to complement each other and only then we can do well and taking that into consideration we must make sure that we play Tests well at home and on a consistent basis. When you do that even if you do bad in one or two away series it won't be a big issue. So, it is very important that we play well at home," he added.
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