On Wednesday, the Indian skipper, Virat Kohli reckons that the World Test Championship is the biggest event of ICC. His comments can make a whole different meaning especially after the game’s governing body is planning to have more flagship white-ball tournaments during the next eight-year cycle from 2023-2031.

According to ICC’s proposed 2023-2031 Future Tours Programme (FTP) cycle, they are planning to host T20 Champions Cup in 2024 and 2028 and an ODI Champions Cup in 2025 and 2029, alongside the T20 World Cups in 2026 and 2030, and the ODI World Cups in 2027 and 2031.

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Commenting his thoughts, Kohli said, “I think World Test Championship as an ICC tournament should be right up there. All the other tournaments for me they start under that. This is probably the biggest of them all as every team wants to make it to the final at the Lord’s. We are no different. We are in that zone. We want to make sure that we qualify as soon as we can and be in that frame of mind to hopefully win that (championship).”

Kohli has no doubts that World Test Championship has added a context to the longest format making the contests more exciting with points on offer.

The Indian skipper said, “It has made Test cricket more exciting and that’s something we have experienced as a side although we haven’t had too many games away from home. A couple of games in the West Indies and we haven’t had a tour of Australia as a part of Test Championship. This is our first away tour since the start of the home season.”

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The skipper expects that the two-Test series will be as intense as the recent series between England and South Africa.