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Four-day Tests a ridiculous idea: Gautam Gambhir

By Saurabh Sharma January 05, 2020 • 11:39 AM View: 943

New Delhi, Jan 5: Former India opener Gautam Gambhir has termed the ICC's proposal of four-day Test matches "a ridiculous idea" and felt scrapping a day from the original format would lead to more matches ending without any result.

The ICC cricket committee is likely to consider four-day Test matches as being part of the World Test Championship from 2023. ICC's increasing demand for event windows, the proliferation of domestic T20 leagues, BCCI's demands for its own sizeable share of bilateral calendar space, and the costs of staging Test series are all said to be the factors contributing to the move.

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