This South African player is not happy even after winning WTC 2025! Questions raised on tournament, big demand made from ICC
AB de Villiers on World Test Championship Rules: Recently the World Test Championship 2023-25 ended. Whose final match was won by South Africa. South Africa managed to win its first ICC Trophy after 27 years. But in the midst of all this, former South African captain AB de Villiers has questioned the format of the World Test Championship and demanded several reforms from the International Cricket Council (ICC). Which is now making headlines.
AB de Villiers raised questions on the format of the World Test Championship
AB de Villiers, who became a cricketer -famous YouTuber -based YouTuber, have strongly advocated the World Test Championship schedule to make more appropriate and consistent for all Test playing countries. The 41 -year -old de Villiers has suggested a four -year cycle like the ODI World Cup, instead of the current two -year cycle, to ensure that every team can compete against other Test playing teams.
While talking to BBC Sport, AB de Villiers expressed his disappointment. He said, “This moment [जीत का] Will not lose But yes, to some extent, something needs to be done. I have seen the ongoing schedule for the next World Test Championship cycle and improves it, but I still think that it needs to work as possible and to make it as appropriate as possible for all Test playing countries. “
AB de Villiers advocated making WTC a balanced system
AB de Villiers further explained during this conversation, “You want to reach that final and feel that you have played against all these countries. Perhaps the four -year cycle will be good. We have done this with ODI international matches in the past, then why not in Test cricket? It will be understood and it will give a lot of time to the organizers and it will really give a lot of time to bring a lot of time.”
AB de Villiers believes that a long cycle will give teams an opportunity to play a sufficient number of matches, making the team’s visit to the finals more reliable.
South Africa played the lowest Test match in WTC 2023-25
AB de Villiers’s comment has come at a time when the Protiaz team has played the lowest Test matches (12) in nine teams during the World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle. The number was less than the 22 matches in England, while Australia, which faced South Africa, played 19 matches during the World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle.
