Don’t tamper with Test format: Kohli

The ICC wants to try out the four-day Test matches during the next FTP cycle between 2023-2031 in order to get more free days for the commercially lucrative shorter formats.

India's captain Virat Kohli speaks during a press conference ahead of their first Twenty20 cricket match against Sri Lanka in Gauhati, India, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020.

India skipper Virat Kohli on Saturday rejected the idea of having four-day Tests, saying the five-day format should not be altered.

Kohli said there was no need of another format just to commercialise the game.

“T20 was a revelation. I was not in favour of the 100-ball (format), either. I'm not going to try myself out in another format, because there's already so much going on,” Kohli said.

“With Test cricket, day-night Tests is the most that should be changed,” he said.

Talking about getting numbers and entertainment was not right. The talk then would go on to three-day Tests, he said.

“I mean, where do you stop? I don't endorse that at all. I don't think that is fair to the purest format of the game. Five-day Tests is the highest of tests you can have at the international level. It should not be altered,” he stated.