Johannesburg, July 26 - There are trends developing in world cricket that are of concern to the future of the game, including in India, Indian coach Gary Kirsten said here, saying Team India has to decide its priorities in terms of test cricket and other forms of the game, like T20.
Kirsten was speaking Saturday at a gathering here organised by the Indian mission here for local and visiting captains of business and industry who had attended the Doing Business with India Conference.
'It's quite interesting that we've got a Twenty20 World Cup in April next year in the West Indies and Team India don't play one T20 game until that tournament starts.
'What should be happening is that we should be going on tour and playing six T20 games and one or two 50 over games. I think that's going to happen - it's just a matter of time.
Kirsten said he believed that 50-over games were 'here to stay'.
On test cricket, Kirsten said: 'The worrying side that I'm seeing is that a guy like Andrew Flinthoff as a high profile cricketer has now made the decision to leave test cricket because he feels that he can get more longevity out of his body and earn a much more money by moving away from test cricket and playing one day cricket and twenty over cricket.