The Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25 saw massive crowds and record-breaking viewership. A total of 837,879 spectators attended the series, the fourth most-attended Test series in Australia and the highest for any non-Ashes series, with records being set at various venues across the country.
Any plan for a two-division system in Test cricket would be implemented after the end of the current Future Tours Program in 2027. The two-tier structure would enable the 'big three' - Australia, England, and India - to face each other twice every three years instead of playing each other twice every four years.
It Was Also a Sound Reminder to the ICC - Former India Head Coach
Last week, former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri backed the idea of splitting Test cricket into two divisions. Shastri said that the best teams should play each other more frequently in order to keep the five-day format alive.
“I will say that there’s too much of a clutter otherwise. This match further emphasises why we need a two-tier system with the top 6-8 teams and then include promotion and demotion. You will not get these kinds of crowds if you don’t have two proper teams playing,” he added.
The Two-Tier Test System Was Opposed by the BCCI
“The BCCI is against the two-tier Test system because the smaller countries will lose out and the BCCI wants to take care of them,” then-BCCI president Anurag Thakur said in 2016.
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