India captain Virat Kohli said that he was not in favour of deciding the winner of the World Test Championship final with a one-off Test, instead insisting there should be a three-match Test series to determine the winner. However, Kohli’s comments came after India lost to New Zealand by a huge 8 wickets in the inaugural ICC WTC final in Southampton as well.

“I’m not in absolute agreement of deciding the best Test team in the world over one game, to be honest. It can’t just be pressure applied over two days, and you’re not a good side. It definitely has to be worked in the future. Over three matches, there are ups and downs, there are chances to rectify mistakes… So we’re not too bothered by this result,” he added.

He continued: “If you saw the way the game went… why wouldn’t you want to see three Tests? Historically, all the great series you’ve seen in Tests, you remember them over 3 or 5 matches. This definitely has to be brought in. I’m not saying just because we’re not on the winning side.”

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On the other hand, Team India head coach Ravi Shastri had also said that a best-of-three final should take place to determine the winner of the World Test Championship at the end of the two-year cycle. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli was also asked if he thinks the championship should be turned into a four-year cycle instead of two years so that all teams will get more times facing each other, he replied in a different way.

“I haven’t ever thought about this (two year cycle vs four years), there are other tournaments as well which are big. This is not for me to put together. I just believe that it (final) should be done over a course of three matches,” Virat Kohli concluded.

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The inaugural edition of the WTC was launched in 2019 to make it a popular event after the successes of the T20I and 50-over World Cups as well.