New Delhi — The World Test Championship (WTC) was supposed to usher in a brave new world for cricket’s longest format but a fixture backlog caused by the Covid-19 pandemic means organisers have tough choices to make if the final is to go ahead as planned at Lord’s in June 2021.

The most pressing issue for the governing International Cricket Council (ICC) is what to do about the six-Test series, including four involving Bangladesh, that have been postponed or cancelled because of the pandemic...

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