Former England captain Michael Brearley yesterday backed day-night Tests and castigated India for spurning the chance to play a day-night match on their current tour to Australia.

He also batted strongly for the International Cricket Council's proposed World Test Championship and said it would give a much-needed fillip to the longest format of the game. "It [World Test Championship] will help. They [the concerned authorities] have to do everything they can to help [Test cricket]. Day-night Test matches are one thing too. I was very sorry to hear that India refused to play a day-night Test in Adelaide. That was short-sighted," Brearley said on the sidelines of the Tata Lit Live festival in the city.