New Delhi: After the great success of the recent Border-Gavaskar Trophy the BCCI Cricket Australia (CA) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are gearing up to talk with ICC chairman Jay Shah about creating a top-tier division in Test cricket. This new setup would let the big three—India Australia and England—face off against each other more often. According to a report from The Age Shah is set to have discussions later in January with both CA chairman Mike Baird and ECB chairman Richard Thompson about the possibility of organizing Test cricket into two separate tiers. It comes down to profitable cricket versus unprofitable cricket the daily quoted an industry source as saying. The five-Test series between India and Australia won by the home team with a 3-1 victory drew unprecedented crowds at the venues. Its reportedly become the most-watched Test series ever captivating audiences worldwide. Countries like India Australia and England currently face each other in Test cricket twice every four years. However if plans to split Test cricket into two levels go through these teams could meet twice in just three years. The future of the ICC World Test Championship cycle started in 2019 to give meaning to the many bilateral tours is also at risk. The implementation of any suggested model wont occur until after 2027 after the upcoming WTC cycle is completed. Recently former India head coach Ravi Shastri also advocated for a two-tier system in Test cricket citing “too much of a clutter in the scheduling. To break crowd records that have stood for nearly a century… is testimony to the fact that when the best teams play the toughest and best format of the game is still alive and thriving he said in a column for The Australian newspaper. I will say that theres too much of a clutter otherwise. This match further emphasises why we need a two-tier system with the top 6-8 teams and then include promotion and demotion. You will not get these kinds of crowds if you don’t have two proper teams playing he added. This wont be the first time that the top cricket administrators are mulling over such a move. A previous attempt to create a tier comprising the top seven Test nations and a second-tier that would include the next five was floated in 2016 but with the smaller nations registering their protests the plan was shelved. Interestingly BCCI was among the cricket boards who were against the proposal.