India will start their campaign against the West Indies in the two-match series and will play a total of 18 Tests during the period of time.
The World Test Championship gets underway on 1 August 2019 and will comprise of the top nine teams in the Test rankings, who will play 71 Test matches in 27 series across two years.
Sachin Tendulkar's famous jersey No.10 has already been "unofficially retired" by the BCCI from white-ball cricket after pacer Shardul Thakur wore it briefly and was heavily trolled on social media.
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Cricket Australia has announced the schedule for the 2019/20 season and It will be the first time since January 1994 that no international game will be played on Australia Day.
The players that BCCI have zeroed in are Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Hanuma Vihari, Mayank Agarwal, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ishant Sharma, who will play County cricket.
Shastri's contract will end with India's last match in the World Cup.
A shot clock to prevent time wasting and free hit for a no-ball are among the other steps proposed by the MCC to spice up the longest format.
Sceptics have cast doubts that Pant's batting ability could make an international comeback difficult for the Bengal stumper but Saha remains unfazed.
Test cricket continues to be the premier stage of the sport despite mushrooming of cash-rich T20 leagues around the world.
As per the International Cricket Council (ICC), the nine top-ranked sides will compete in the championship with each side playing six series.
Gower feels that market forces should come together to devise a strategy that will bring in more crowd at Test match venues across the globe.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates : Four teams will vie for the first world test championship in England in 2017, and the ICC is still working out how to make the competition attractive and lucrative.Ideas
Johannesburg, Nov 16: South African captain Graeme Smith said on Wednesday he was disappointed that the International Cricket Council had decided not to introduce a World Test Championship before 2017."It's a bit disappointing," said Smith.
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