Reports: ICC Chairman Jay Shah leading charge for Two-tier format in WTC

The World Test Championship (WTC) format has generated a great deal of discussion among cricket professionals and the general public. This has led to calls for the ICC to alter the structure in order to give the best teams more chances to play one another more frequently throughout the course of the two-year cycle.

Significantly, the WTC Final between South Africa and Australia is scheduled for June at the storied Lords ground. Based on reports from India Today,

It appears that ICC chairman Jay Shah is spearheading the effort to make Test cricket a two-tier format for all teams and wants

The Cricket Boards of England, Australia, India, South Africa, and New Zealand to host more high-profile Test series in the future.

The top sides in Test cricket will face each other more frequently thanks to this format, and the teams who haven’t been able to produce reliable results will drop to the second division. While some people think this format is a fantastic idea, others disagree. Anurag Thakur, the former president of the BCCI, recently expressed his opinions about this format and was vehemently opposed.

Since the smaller nations will suffer and the BCCI wants to preserve their interests, it opposes the two-tier test system. They will miss out on a number of things in the two-tier system, such as money and the chance to play against elite teams. That is not what we want to happen. India Today cited Thakur as saying, “Our team plays against all the countries because we want to work in the best interests of world cricket.”

Test cricket can thrive with a two-tier model, according to Ravi Shastri.

Despite the fact that the last president had serious issues Former Indian cricket player and analyst Ravi Shastri supported this format, stating that it was the best option and that team competitions were necessary for Test cricket to continue in the modern era.

As Shastri stated on SEN, “I’ve been a strong believer in that if you want Test cricket to survive and be alive and thriving, I think that’s the way to go. The top teams play against each other more often, so there is a contest; you want contests.”