The brand new FTP will see two units of five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy sequence in each and every of the impending cycles of the ICC Global Check Championship.
Ricky Ponting welcomed ICC’s choice to make Border-Gavaskar Trophy a 5-match sequence. (Courtesy: Reuters)
HIGHLIGHTSNext FTP will see two units of 5-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy seriesFor the primary time in over 30 years Australia and India will conflict in 5-match Check seriesOverall, Australia and India will play 21 and 20 five-day video games within the subsequent cycle
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting welcomed the ICC’s choice to make the Border-Gavaskar Trophy a five-match sequence, pronouncing the enthusiasts of Australia and India would like to look extra Check fits between the groups.
The Border-Gavaskar Trophy has been a four-Check tournament sequence for the reason that 2004-05 India excursion of Australia, excluding for the 2010-11 sequence in India which noticed two Check fits. Then again, the brand new Long run Excursion Program, introduced through the ICC, will witness two units of five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy sequence in each and every of the impending cycles of the ICC Global Check Championship.
“I feel spectators from Australia and India and most definitely any person that enjoyed the sport world wide would have favored to have noticed extra Check fits between Australia and India, so completely I feel it is an improbable initiative and extra importantly, I feel all of the gamers will truly experience that as smartly,” Ponting stated on The ICC Overview.
“The item about Australia-India sequence is that the stipulations we play into so are so other and so contrasting. When India come to Australia they get the short, bouncy wickets that provide one thing for the seamers. After which when Australia cross to India it is just about the wrong way spherical with numerous spin and numerous opposite swing bowling. In order that distinction in itself I feel is what gamers truly like and what the enthusiasts would like to look at.”
Australia are set to welcome India for a five-match sequence within the 2023-25 cycle of the Global Check Championship. A reciprocal excursion is ready to happen within the 2025-27 cycle. It’ll be the primary time in over 30 years that Australia and India will conflict in a five-match Check sequence since 1992.
General, Australia and India will play a complete of 21 and 20 five-day video games respectively within the subsequent cycle, while England gets to play essentially the most collection of fits – 22. The 12 ICC complete participants will play a complete of 777 global fits 173 Checks, 281 ODIs and 323 T20Is within the 2023-2027 FTP cycle in comparison to the 694 within the present one.
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