From the teams' point of view, it's huge, no doubt. But ideally, one would enjoy a shorter span for the World Test Championship to be played in let's say around three months during which teams play each other and then you finish it off with a 'series final, he said. Like in any sport, a final is always just one game. "But in the case of Test cricket to get to the final, you're playing two or three Test series, or for that matter, against four matches in a series (like in the case of Australia and England). And then you play just one Test to decide the championship. "Where's the continutiy? It should actually be a World Test Championship series, not just one match. Because to get to this point, you've played Test series involving two or three Tests or more. So, it shouldn't have just been a World Test Championship Final but the World Test Champoinship Final series. Because you've palyed series to get to this point, said the former Indian batsman. Tendulkar feels that had there been only one match in every series played over the last two years, then one final would have made sense. "Maybe due to time constraints, this wasn't possible. In that case what the ICC can do (going forward) is pick one particular match in a series first or second or third or fourth, whichever and the result of that one game should be allocated to the WTC points tally and the remaining matches can be purely bilateral. That way, one final can be justified. But if the filter is an entire series, then the WTC Final should also be a series, he says. While New Zealand have an edge in terms of preparation. Tendulkar thinks India too will be welll-prepared, considering there's not a single player in this team who hasn't played any cricket in England, be it Tests or with India.
