5 reasons why two-match Test series should be scrapped

It doesn't give any clarity on which is the better team

India won at Lord's thanks to Ishant Sharma's spell on the last day but tapered off later

In order to illustrate this point, let me go back in time to 2014 when India toured England for a five-match Test series.

The first Test at Trent Bridge was drawn and then India stumped England at Lord's to lead the series 1-0. What might have happened had the series ended there? The world would have written praises for how India has evolved itself and improved as a touring party.

But now everyone knows what transpired after the win. England found some momentum when they won at the Rose Bowl in the following Test match and then they carried that forward to trample India at Old Trafford and The Oval to eventually win the series 3-1.

That gave an indication of who really was the better side. England, in their own conditions, proved to be too good for India, who tapered off after a very promising start.

In case of a two-match series, it is very difficult to say who the better team is and hence it is very hard to say whether the home team has done well because of familiarity to conditions or an away team was better since it acclimatised to conditions sooner and delivered.