I think cricket has to be fixed from the ground up. Because I do not understand, when everything is moving towards the shorter formats of cricket why most of the domestic cricket is being played in the test format?
ICC will stop their funding if cricketing nations stop playing FC cricket at the Junior level, U-19 etc.
I think test cricket will remain in place at least at domestic level. Only recognized players are retiring from test cricket while young players have to play test format at domestic level to qualify for National side and then perform well in Test and T20 to be recognized. ICC should choose between ODI and T20I because both are of same type while T20 is liked by majority of viewers.
I don't know whether that is the case everywhere. In India, the performance in the domestic 4-day competition (Ranji Trophy) doesn't guarantee selection to the national team. Guys like Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sarfraz Khan have been performing exceptionally well year after year, and still the national selectors continue to ignore them. Even for the national team, the selection is made based on the performance in the IPL. Players with powerful backers in the IPL, such as Umran Malik and Mohammed Siraj find it easier to break in to the national team, while those who don't have this backing are always at a handicap.
Here are the top performers during the last edition of the Ranji Trophy. 12 months have passed and not even one of them was considered for the selection to the national test squad:
Really unfortunate that Sarfraz Khan is not getting any calls. Fighting for a middle-order slot looks really tough to me. Having said that he should be in the squad in place SKY.
Management won't replace Virat at number 4
Shreyas Iyer already proved himself at number 5
6th slot is for WK batter (Bharat or Kishan)
7, 8,9 are for Jadeja, Ashwin and Axar respectively. If Jadeja is not fit then Kuldeep will take the spin slot and will bat at 9.
10 and 11 are for seamers
Rohit is fixed as an opener. KL Rahul is VC so he can't be dropped from the team at least for the first 2 matches. Gill is 3rd opener in the squad so it's hard for Yashasvi to get in.