Ravichandran Ashwin Counters Ravi Shastri's Suggestion On Fewer Teams Playing Test Cricket

06.08.2022 - 09:21 sports.ndtv.com

Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri had made a comment saying 10-12 teams cannot be playing the longest format of the game, and in order to ensure that Test cricket remains competitive, only the top five-six teams should play against each other.

Now, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has reacted to the suggestion, saying the existing system works fine and he explained his thinking behind the thought process.

Ashwin was speaking on his official YouTube channel and it was there where he spoke about the likes of Ireland and how the smaller countries need to be given chances to play the longest format. "Recently Ravi Bhai has also said that Test cricket should be made as a format that only 3-4 (sic) nations play.

But when 3-4 nations play, teams like Ireland won't get won't get the opportunity to play. You can ask me what's the relation between Test cricket and T20 cricket.

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