There have been three different winners in the WTC since it's inception in 2019 ©Getty
To start off, the empty stands in Ahmedabad should give an answer. It was on expected lines though, for West Indies have been incredibly underwhelming for quite some time now and have been no match for India for the last two decades. They have now lost all six away Tests to India since 2013 - four by an innings and one by 10 wickets with five of these six games finished within three days. Even after a generous first innings declaration and a sub-optimal decision to enforce the follow-on, West Indies were no match to India's might in Delhi.
As for Test cricket followers, especially in India, this series was a major downgrade from what they witnessed last when the team played in whites. A gripping five-match Test series in England fittingly ended in a draw, with nail-biting finishes at Lord's and The Oval alongside a hard-fought draw in Manchester. That was after England gunned down 371 in the series opener at Headingly, and even the only one-sided contest in the series - a 336-run defeat for the hosts at Edgbaston - featured a thrill-a-minute counterattack from Harry Brook and Jamie Smith.
However, such contests have largely been limited to featuring select teams, while the matches elsewhere have been largely one-sided.
The World Test Championship was conceptualized to add relevance to Test cricket, the format suffering a fading interest across the globe with the rise of T20 leagues in the last decade. With the WTC inception, Tests have become more result oriented than ever, and the first three editions have had three different winners. As teams went a step ahead to try and ensure maximum home advantage, the tactic in fact narrowed down the gulf between hosts and the visiting teams,