Particularly in white-ball cricket, the Indian cricket team has been playing exceptionally well lately. The team just defeated New Zealand by four wickets in the finals to win its third ICC Champions Trophy championship. The inconsistency in Test cricket is currently Team India’s only worry. The last two series saw Team India lose 3-1 BGT in Australia and lose 3-0 at home to New Zealand.
Therefore, former Indian cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu has recommended that the BCCI add four to five foreign players to each Ranji squad in order to address India’s test cricket problems.
Navjot Singh Sidhu Confident About India’s Rise to No.1 in Test Cricket
To assist India restore its Test dominance, former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu has developed a unique approach. He asserted that if the BCCI enforced the regulation that each Ranji team must have four to five international players, India would emerge as the top team. He said the following:
“We have been doing well in white-ball formats because of IPL. India have managed to find match-winners and our bench strength is strong. However, we still lack in Test cricket and lost to New Zealand at home and then in Australia. I have a suggestion to improve our performances in red-ball format. The BCCI should allow four or five foreign players in each Ranji Trophy team, and let me tell you, this would help us. We would become number one in Test cricket. In IPL, our players play alongside overseas cricketers, which has helped them. This could be tried in Ranji Trophy.”
Navjot Singh Sidhu
India’s misery in Test cricket
New Zealand stopped Team India’s 12-year home match winning record during November 2024. New Zealand controlled all aspects of the match to obtain a clear 3-0 series victory against India in host nation conditions. Team India maintained their dominant performance in the same form during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25 season. Team India succeeded in winning their first test match of the series in Perth but failed to maintain that pace during the rest of the matches in the test series. Aussies emerged victorious in the series after beating India three to one and qualified to play in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 finals.
