Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has questioned the integrity of the ICC Test rankings system, saying it favours India.
He said players did not take the rankings seriously because India was ranked No. 1 even though it hadn't won a series in Australia, South Africa and Sri Lanka since 1993.
"If rankings can't be understood by the public, the players, or the administrators, what's the use of having rankings? If you want rankings, they should count towards playing a Test championship," Sangakkara said.
Sangakkara said for the ICC ranking system to be fair each side needed to play each other at least once, home or away.
"Rankings need to be fairly done. Once every two years each side should play each other at least once, home or away. That's how you get a fair deal when it comes to Test cricket."
The current Test ranking system does not reward victories away from home. Points earned or lost are calculated based on the difference between where the teams stood before the start of the series.
Until it lost an away series to India, Sri Lanka itself was ranked No. 2 last year without having won a Test in India, Australia and South Africa.
"I don't think we have played enough Test cricket away. Two Test matches here, two Test matches there. I think that's not good. We need to play Tests regularly."
Sangakkara said Sri Lanka was keen to find success on tours it has previously struggled on like India and Australia.
"We have a very good balanced attack, pace and spin. From 2006 to 2009 we have done well. We have won in New Zealand, in England, and in Pakistan. South Africa, Australia and India are the three places that we need to win.
"We need to play often in those places."