India captain Virat Kohli feels that time has come for the BCCI to decide the Test grounds for future home series, like the way England and Australia have in their countries. In Australia, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide are the five Test grounds whenever they play Test cricket. Likewise in England, the Lord’s, Oval, Trent Bridge, Old Trafford, Edgbaston, Southampton and Headingley are the seven grounds where the Ashes or big test series take place.

“That’s a great question. We have been discussing this for a long time now. And in my opinion, we should have five Test centres. Period,” the captain said which the new BCCI president Sourav Ganguly might look into in his tenure.

“Look if you want to keep Test cricket alive and exciting, I totally agree with the fact that we need five Test centres at max. It can’t be sporadic and spread over so many places where people turn up or they don’t,” he added. “So in my opinion, absolutely, we should have five strong Test centres where the team coming to India knows that this is where we’re going to play and nowhere else.”

In India, there are more than 15 Test centres which sometimes cause a problem.

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“I mean, I agree that you have state associations, rotation and giving games and all that. That is fine in T20 and ODI cricket, but for Test cricket teams coming into India should know we are going to play at these five centres. These are the pitches we’re going to expect. These are the kind of people they’re going to come to watch, crowds,” Virat Kohli said.

The Indian captain also sees this as a challenge as India face problem in foreign shores.

“That becomes a challenge already when you’re leaving the shores because we go to any place, we know we’re having four Tests at these venues. This is what the pitch is going to offer. It’s going to be full stadium, the crowds behind the team,” he concluded.