5 reasons why ICC should adopt Ranji-style pattern in Test cricket

Gap between top-ranked and lowest-ranked team will improve in long-run

Bangladesh v Australia - 2nd Test: Day 4

The two-tier system will overall improve the gap between a top-ranked side and a bottom-ranked side. For example, the lowly-ranked side will have that ‘fire in the belly’ to rise and someday match the top-ranked side.

What happens here is, that side needs to defeat, outclass other teams in its fray and by the time it challenges the top rankers, it can at least put up a fight rather than just participate. The best example of a fast-improving side in world cricket is Afghanistan, who particularly has excelled a hell lot in the shorter format of the game.

Over the last decade, it can be Bangladesh.