5 teams which would get affected by the new two-tier system in Tests

3) Bangladesh

A Test match being played in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is a team which has shown a steady rise in their ODI performances in recent times but have failed to shine in the longer version. They currently are ranked 9th and are ahead of Zimbabwe, having played their first Test match back in 2000.

Since then, they have played 93 Test matches and won only 7, five of them being against Zimbabwe and two against a lacklustre West Indies squad back in 2009. They haven’t defeated any team other than Zimbabwe since 2009.

They are not at the bottom, but they have a huge possibility of being relegated as per the two-tier system, which will allow only 7 (or 8) teams in the upper tier.

They had a glorious year in ODIs in 2015, claiming series’ win Pakistan, India and South Africa at their own backyard but Tests are a different matter.