England wicket-keeper batsman Jos Buttler thinks that the popularity of T20 matches could turn cricket into a one format game in near future. England’s current stand-in skipper feels that Test cricket should be made more popular.

"I feel cricket could become a one-format game in the future - whether that's soon or in 15 to 20 years,” Buttler told Sky Sports.

“Test cricket is still, for me, the pinnacle of cricket but T20 fills out stadiums and is easy to keep up with and follow. Everyone wants things faster these days and things evolve so maybe Twenty20 could have a monopoly on cricket. We all love the history of Test cricket - you will never have situations thrown up in T20 that Test cricket can do to you and you will never be tested as a player as you would in Test cricket.”

“It's a complete test of everything and it would be sad [if it disappeared], but as a product T20 is going from strength to strength. Hopefully, the administrators can find a way of making the Test game more popular - it's awesome and I'd love to be playing in it,” he added.

Buttler was not included in the England's Ashes squad. He played in Bangladesh Premier League, and Big Bash League at that time. The right-handed batsman will also feature in the Indian Premier League this year. He will be playing for Rajasthan Royals, the same franchise that broke the bank to buy England all-rounder Ben Stokes for a mammoth sum of 12.5 crore rupees to make him the most expensive player in this season.

Regarding his exclusion from the Ashes team and his future across all formats, Buttler stated, "[Not making the Ashes squad] was a wake-up call that I have slipped down the ladder in red-ball cricket, and white-ball cricket is obviously my strength.