ISLAMABAD – The ICC is introducing the World Test Championship to givecontext to bilateral Test series.
Under the new World Test Championship, Pakistan will play a total ofthirteen Tests against six countries including India and West Indies tillJanuary next year.
The nine top-ranked sides will compete in the tournament, with each sideplaying six series on a home-and-away basis against mutually selectedopponents in the two-year cycle.
The top two teams will play the final in June 2021.
The ICC, in an attempt to keep Test cricket alive, has introduced the WorldChampionship.
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The game’s governing body, however, is presently not keen in reducing thegrowing influx of T20 cricket with almost all major countries organizingtheir own leagues.
Pakistan’s run in the long-awaited championship will kick off this Octoberwhen they host Sri Lanka in a two-match Test series.
The two cricket boards are in negotiation to play series in Pakistan ratherthan in UAE.
