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If you know anything about test cricket, but don't know enough about Indians, this story sounds absurd. But I can definitely say this story is legit, and I personally know this still happens.This reminded me of a story my dad told me, from when he worked for a large financial institution in the 2000s, which had a LOT of H1Bs. On the days of big test cricket matches, half the office would just be gone, to spend the whole day watching cricket with their families. My dad never told me much more than that but I bet those days were a lot more productive in the office.
For those that don't know, the 'Test' match format in cricket can go for up to 5 days, and very commonly does, as typical Test matches are usually concluded in Days 3-5. This leads to multi-day absenses from Jeets for big matches in the workplace.
This may already seem like a long time to be absent, but one-off Test matches against bigger sides are uncommon, instead usually being played over a Series of multiple test matches, which can last months (with an 's'). For example, a fairly significant test series in India is the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Aus vs Ind), and that is played out over 4 Test matches.
Recall me stating that a single match will commonly last 5 days, so multiply this by 4, and you get a *lot* of absence from Indians, assuming the timezones align to allow this to happen.
EDIT - Cricket Side Tangent; Was looking up the latest tests played to see if they went to Day 5, and wtf lol. England scored *823* runs in a single innings vs Pakistan. What the hell was this match.
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