One-day and T20 may be popular but Test is real cricket: Sourav Ganguly

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One-day and T20 cricket may be very popular but the real cricket is all about playing Tests that actually tests the skills of a player, says former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly.

He was addressing a packet Rabindra Centenary hall in Tripura capital Agartala Sunday evening during the annual prize giving ceremony of Tripura Cricket Association (TCA).
“Test cricket is the real cricket because there the real skill of  a player is tested, However popular one-day cricket or T20 cricket may be  but the real game is playing [five-day] cricket,” said Sourav Ganguly who was advising the young crickets of the state who came to see their ‘Dada’ (elder brother) , as Ganguly is popular addressed as.
He also advised the budding cricketers that infrastructure does not necessarily help in making good players. Rather good players can develop by utilizing the available infrastructure. That, he said, was the secret of any good cricketer.
“Only good infrastructure cannot develop good players, infrastructure is just only a part of the process of developing good players.
"What is necessary to make good player is the talent. How well one uses the infrastructure to become a good player is the issue,” said Ganguly who hails from Kolkata. 
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, Sports Minister Sahid Chowdhury, TCA Secretary Sourav Dasgupta was also there in the program who greeted Ganguly and requested him to suggest and trainee the cricketers of the state.