Thread by @gauravsabnis

Oh crap the match is twisting! This has been such a prolific 4-5 years of close test matches that I'm like, please, just let one end without more drama. People have blood pressure issues, you know? 😂😂😂
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I remember chatting about this with @nameshiv in one of our zoom sessions. How this historically amazing golden age of test cricket is also emotionally exhausting for someone who is really into test cricket. No sport keeps you on the tenterhooks for 5 straight days.

At the end of every india test series in the last 4-5 years, I've been feeling so emotionally exhausted that I can't even imagine what the players are going through in terms of mental health. If you follow cricket, you know what I mean. This era is amazing but exhausting 1

Until a few years ago, following test cricket was a more relaxed thing. You got maybe a couple of test matches a year across all teams that were still alive all the way into the 15th session. Maybe one closely fought series. But usually, you knew the winner already.

But the last few years have been just breathless and hectic. Feels like almost every match is being decided in the final session. I wonder if young people realize how not normal this is for test cricket. This era of relative parity among all teams. Every series is a duel!