London - India's batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, who watched his team crash out of the Twenty20 World Cup tournament on Sunday after they lost to England, has ruled out the possibility of his comeback in the shortest format of the game, saying he would rather prefer playing Test matches as long as his body permits.
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Tendulkar, who is the world record holder of maximum Test runs - a staggering 12,773 Test runs at an average of almost 55 - said even though the whole world may be hooked on Twenty20 cricket, he still believes that the five-day Test cricket, which "tests" the perseverance, stamina, concentration and discipline of a player, is and will always remain the king.
"Twenty20 is like desserts," he said in Monday's Times newspaper. "It tastes good but you can't fill your stomach up with it. You have to have a main course and that's Test cricket. I couldn't survive without the main course."
According to Tendulkar, Test cricket brings the best out of a player as "it's about setting yourself a challenge and having the discipline to see it through."
"In Test cricket the bowler is always trying to get you out and you have to be on top of your game for five days," he said.
On the other hand, in Twenty20 cricket, "you might never have heard of a guy and then he swings around for 20 or 30 minutes and has done wonders for his side. It's easier to be successful," he said.
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