World Test Championship a unique concept-Mahela

Sri Lankan former batsman Mahela Jayawardene has termed the World Test Championship as a unique concept.

According to Jayawardene, the World Test Championship needs to have the same format as in the other event and failure to so will result in a bilateral series.

Jayawardene said We have a World Championship in other formats and I think it's important to bring that over into Test cricket.

Otherwise, it just becomes bilateral series after bilateral series”.

The ICC World Test Championship was announced last year, with the top nine full member nations Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies competing in a total of 71 Test matches across 27 bilateral series over two years.

The former Lankan skipper said This is one way of changing the game.

It's not easy to sustain three different formats but you have to give the same emphasis and focus to each one.