The International Cricket Council (ICC) recently proposed reducing five-day Test matches to four-day Test matches. But a lot of former players from Sachin Tendulkar to Ian Botham ridiculed this idea. Team India head coach Ravi Shastri was the newest addition to this list as he called this concept ‘nonsense’.

While talking to CNN News 18, Shastri said, “Four day Test is nonsense. If this goes on we may have limited-overs Tests. There is no need to tamper with five-day Tests. If at all they want to tamper then let the top six sides play five-day Tests and the next six be allowed to play four-day Tests.”

“If you want preserve Tests then let the top six play more against each other. You have the shorter format to popularise the game,” he added.

The Former India all-rounder then criticized the idea of day-night Test matches by saying, “Day-night Test is still under test. I still feel that the pink ball does not give any advantage to spinners, they need to get the ball right for day night. During the day you have full Tests, by night it looks like half Tests.”

The 57-year-old then gave a major update about MS Dhoni as he said, “We had a conversation but that’s between me and MS, that’s in the dressing room. He’s finished playing Test match, and in all probability, he’ll finish one-day cricket.

“At his age, probably the only format he’ll want to play is T20 cricket which means he’ll have to start playing again, get back into the grooves because he’s going to play in the IPL and see how his body reacts,” Shastri added.

(With Hindustan Times inputs)