Two-Tier WTC: One-sided-series-later, can promotion and relegation save the traditional format?

NEW DELHI: Earlier this year, former India head coach Ravi Shastri had advocated for a two-tier structure in Tests with relegation and promotion to ensure the survival of the longest format of the game. "If you don’t create a two-tier system, you’ll continue to have unmatched teams up against each other and then it’s very unlikely they’ll be able to take a game into the fifth day,” Shastri wrote in a column for The Australian. Shastri's promotion-relegation talk almost looked a must after the Ahmedabad Test between India and West Indies ended in two and a half days. However, after heavy criticism with former West Indies legend asking Roston Chase 's side to show some heart, and they did played with grit in the national capital as the second Test went into Day 5. But still it