Indian cricket icon Ravi Shastri believes the sport’s schedule will soon imitate that of football, predicting that domestic leagues will dominate the calendar with international bilaterals filling the gaps.

Speaking with The Grade Cricketer podcast in an extensive interview, which will be shown on Kayo Sports on Wednesday at 7pm AEDT, Shastri reiterated his desire for Test cricket to be split into a two-tier structure, allowing the sport’s powerhouses to play each other more often in the five-day format.

However, the former Indian player and coach also called for the number of international matches to be cut down so franchise cricket could “blossom”, emulating the structure of global football.

According to Shastri, domestic leagues such as The Hundred and the Indian Premier League shoul

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