Best Test team should be decided over at least three games, not one-off final: Kohli

Echoing the views of head coach Ravi Shastri, India skipper Virat Kohli has said that the best Test team in the world should be decided by a best-of-three final and not a one-off game like it was in the inaugural edition.
India were able to bounce back to win the series against Australia and England but couldn’t do so with the World Test Championship final, a one off game against New Zealand which ended with Kohli’s men losing by eight wickets on Wednesday.

“Well, look, firstly, I’m not in absolute agreement of deciding the best Test side in the world over the course of one game, to be very honest,” Kohli said in the post-match press conference.

“If it is a Test series, it has to be a test of character over three Tests, which team has the ability to come back into the series or totally blow away the other team.

“It can’t just be a pressure applied over two days of good cricket and then you suddenly are not a good Test side anymore. I don’t believe in that.”

Shastri had advocated a three-match finale before the team departed for England earlier this month.

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