"At present there is a mushrooming of T20 cricket so much so that even at the club level and schools level there is too much emphasis on T20 cricket. He said over-exposure to T20 cricket will make Pakistan end up like West Indies in Test and one-day international cricket. "We can't base the selection of our national teams by depending on players who score in T20 cricket." "T20 cricket if allowed to be held uncontrolled will also eventually damage our cricket and our players and we will end up like the West Indies is struggling now in the longer format. (Virat Kohli will break Brian Lara's 400-run record: Kapil Dev)He said that players should be prepared for the longer version of the game.

Source: India Today August 03, 2016 06:22 UTC