diff --git a/sharding/collation.go b/sharding/collation.go
index 3ce4b55e33..e7ec5104a2 100644
--- a/sharding/collation.go
+++ b/sharding/collation.go
@@ -111,26 +111,6 @@ func (c *Collation) CalculateChunkRoot() {
 	c.header.data.ChunkRoot = &chunkRoot
 }
 
-// CreateRawBlobs creates raw blobs from transactions.
-func (c Collation) CreateRawBlobs() ([]*utils.RawBlob, error) {
-
-	// It does not skip evm execution by default
-	blobs := make([]*utils.RawBlob, len(c.transactions))
-	for i := 0; i < len(c.transactions); i++ {
-
-		err := error(nil)
-		blobs[i], err = utils.NewRawBlob(c.transactions[i], false)
-
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Creation of raw blobs from transactions failed: %v", err)
-		}
-
-	}
-
-	return blobs, nil
-
-}
-
 // ConvertBackToTx converts raw blobs back to their original transactions.
 func ConvertBackToTx(rawBlobs []utils.RawBlob) ([]*types.Transaction, error) {
 
@@ -149,33 +129,33 @@ func ConvertBackToTx(rawBlobs []utils.RawBlob) ([]*types.Transaction, error) {
 
 }
 
-// Serialize method  serializes the collation body to a byte array.
-func (c *Collation) Serialize() ([]byte, error) {
+// SerializeTxToBlob method serializes the input tx
+// and returns the blobs in byte array.
+func SerializeTxToBlob(txs []*types.Transaction) ([]byte, error) {
 
-	blobs, err := c.CreateRawBlobs()
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%v", err)
+	blobs := make([]*utils.RawBlob, len(txs))
+	for i := 0; i < len(txs); i++ {
+		err := error(nil)
+		blobs[i], err = utils.NewRawBlob(txs[i], false)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%v", err)
+		}
 	}
-
 	serializedTx, err := utils.Serialize(blobs)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%v", err)
 	}
 
 	if int64(len(serializedTx)) > collationSizelimit {
-
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("The serialized body exceeded the collation size limit: %v", serializedTx)
-
 	}
 
 	return serializedTx, nil
-
 }
 
-// Deserialize takes a byte array and converts its back to its original transactions.
-func Deserialize(serialisedBlob []byte) (*[]*types.Transaction, error) {
+// DeserializeBlobToTx takes byte array blob and converts it back
+// to original txs and returns the txs in tx array.
+func DeserializeBlobToTx(serialisedBlob []byte) (*[]*types.Transaction, error) {
 
 	deserializedBlobs, err := utils.Deserialize(serialisedBlob)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/sharding/collation_test.go b/sharding/collation_test.go
index c0e4cb7355..297cdb3f23 100644
--- a/sharding/collation_test.go
+++ b/sharding/collation_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package sharding
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"crypto/rand"
 	"math/big"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
@@ -56,13 +57,13 @@ func TestSerialize_Deserialize(t *testing.T) {
 
 	tx := c.transactions
 
-	results, err := c.Serialize()
+	results, err := SerializeTxToBlob(tx)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Unable to Serialize transactions, %v", err)
 	}
 
-	deserializedTxs, err := Deserialize(results)
+	deserializedTxs, err := DeserializeBlobToTx(results)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Unable to deserialize collation body, %v", err)
@@ -126,3 +127,38 @@ func TestSerialize_Deserialize(t *testing.T) {
 func makeTxWithGasLimit(gl uint64) *types.Transaction {
 	return types.NewTransaction(0 /*nonce*/, common.HexToAddress("0x0") /*to*/, nil /*amount*/, gl, nil /*gasPrice*/, nil /*data*/)
 }
+
+// BENCHMARK TESTS
+
+// Helper function to generate test that completes round trip serialization tests for a specific number of transactions.
+func runBenchTest(b *testing.B, numTransactions int) {
+	var txs []*types.Transaction
+	for i := 0; i < numTransactions; i++ {
+		data := make([]byte, 650)
+		rand.Read(data)
+		txs = append(txs, types.NewTransaction(0 /*nonce*/, common.HexToAddress("0x0") /*to*/, nil /*amount*/, 0 /*gasLimit*/, nil /*gasPrice*/, data))
+	}
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		results, _ := SerializeTxToBlob(txs)
+		_, _ = DeserializeBlobToTx(results)
+	}
+
+}
+
+func BenchmarkSerialization10(b *testing.B) {
+	runBenchTest(b, 10)
+}
+
+func BenchmarkSerialization100(b *testing.B) {
+	runBenchTest(b, 100)
+}
+
+func BenchmarkSerialization1000(b *testing.B) {
+	runBenchTest(b, 1000)
+}
+
+func BenchmarkSerialization10000(b *testing.B) {
+	runBenchTest(b, 10000)
+}