After contempraries Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, Steve Smith also opposes 4-day Test

With idea of four-days-test getting a range of reactions, Australian cricketer Steve Smith also opposed idea, stating that he is more comfortable with usual format. ICC wants to try out four-day Test matches during next FTP cycle between 2023-2031 in order to get more free days for commercially lucrative shorter formats. 

A four-day Test match was last played in July 2019 between England and Ireland. South Africa and Zimbabwe also played four-day Test match once in 2017. Indian skipper Virat Kohli and his Deputy Rohit Sharma had also earlier disapproved idea of 4-day test, citing that game would n go on to become thing but a domestic game.

Steve Smith furr cited his level of comfort with usual format and said, 

“I am comfortable with five days. I like challenge of a five-day Test match. Obviously, re has been a lot of talk about four-day Tests, but my personal opinion is I like five days. I don’t make decisions obviously of how it all works out but my opinion is five-days Tests is what it is all about,” he said.

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Kohli t In Favour Of Four-day Tests

Earlier, Indian captain, Virat Kohli had strongly opposed "four-day Test" proposed by ICC as he is t in favour of any alterations which hurts sanctity of traditional five-day format. ICC wants to try out four-day Test matches during next FTP cycle between 2023-2031 in order to get more free days for commercially lucrative shorter formats. While this is at proposal st, Cricket Australia had expressed its intention of trying out format even though senior bowler Nathan Lyon termed it "ridiculous".

"According to me, it should t be altered. As I said, day-night is ar step towards commercialising Test cricket and you kw, creating excitement around it, but it can't be tinkered with too much. I don't believe so," Kohli, one of biggest names in world cricket, told media persons on eve of first T20 against Sri Lanka.

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(with inputs from ncies)