(ICC forced to withdraw two-tier Test proposal)The ICC shelved the proposal after opposition from India and other full members at a two-day meeting at the world governing body's headquarters. (BCCI threatens to pull out of 2017 ICC Champions Trophy)"It is off the table," BCCI president Anurag Thakur told Reuters on Thursday. "This should have been shot down at the proposal stage itself as it is not in the interest of all nations." Australia's cricket board had expressed its support for the two-tier proposal to provide context to Test cricket, among a number of other full members. Cricket Australia (CA) declined to comment on its rejection directly but said it welcomed "progress" at the ICC meeting.

Source: India Today September 08, 2016 08:37 UTC