'Fans Robbed': India's Two-Day Win Is Bad For Test Cricket, Pundits Say

Victorious India and dejected England players took a rest Friday on what should have been the third day of a key five-day clash, with warnings that the speed of the result had tarnished the Test forma

Former England skipper Michael Vaughan expressed fears for cricket's crucial broadcasting revenues.

"My worry for the future of Test match cricket is that Channel 4 would have bid an amount of money to put Test match cricket on the station for us all to see," he told BBC.

"Will they bid the next time? Knowing they only got three days last week and two days this week. So that's five days out of 10."

Two-day matches are rare. It was India's first since they thrashed Afghanistan in Bangalore in 2018.

Travelling fans also complained about the result in the world's biggest cricket stadium, with a capacity of 110,000, in Ahmedabad. Authorities ordered a 55,000 limit for the match because of coronavirus restrictions. Crowds were about 30,000 for each day.

"I had got tickets for all five days but sadly nothing can be done now as there is no refund," Harsh Patel, who had come from Mumbai, told. "Now I will just go sightseeing. But India won and that was good."

Another fan said: "I don't care about anything as long as India wins. That's my money's worth."