NEW DELHI: Known for his frank critiques, former India leader trainer Ravi Shastri has get a hold of a unique strategy to uplift the diminishing approval for the one-day structure by means of decreasing the sport right into a 40-overs-a-side affair.
With the ODI World Cup in India lower than seven months away, Shastri feels that is the best time to present it a take a look at, giving the ODI’s a contemporary rent of existence.
“For one-day cricket to survive, I think it should be reduced to 40-over games in future,” stated the previous India captain on Day 4 of the fourth India-Australia Test in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Shastri stated the sport will have to cope with the decreasing consideration span of spectators and identified that after the Kapil Dev-led India gained the ODI World Cup in 1983, it was once a 60-over-a-side match prior to it was once decreased to a 50- over affair.
“The reason I say this is because when we won the World Cup in 1983, it was a 60-over (a side) game. Then the attention span of the people diminished and it became a 50-over game. I think the time Has come for it to become a 40-over game. Evolve with the times. Reduce the format,” added Shastri.
While Shastri’s good judgment about consideration span is justified, as soon as the World Cup moved to the sub-continent in 1987, it wasn’t conceivable to carry fits over 120-over length with two breaks — lunch and tea love it came about all the way through the primary 3 editions in England.
The mythical cricketer stated that the T20 structure will proceed to convey large dollars into the sport, despite the fact that he made identified his displeasure for bilateral T20I collection, announcing they “should be reduced”.
Shastri could also be a large recommend of decreasing the choice of bilateral collection.
“T20 format I think is the key. It is the injection the game needs to evolve. It’s the cash cow for the sport. But I think there also the bilaterals (series) should be reduced. There are enough domestic leagues around the world that promote the T20 game.
“We will have to let the ones leagues occur after which have a World Cup, simply in between. Very few bilaterals, if wanted prior to a World Cup or one thing of that kind. Then you’ll maintain all 3 codecs,” added Shastri.
The former player added that Test cricket would continue to enjoy its pride of place as it was the “actual factor”.
“Test cricket will stay Test cricket and it will have to be given paramount significance. It’s the true factor. I feel there is a position for all codecs inside of India. Especially within the subcontinent. Especially in puts like Australia,
India cricketer Dinesh Karthik additionally stated the ODI structure was once shedding its attraction and that the World Cup in India in October-November this 12 months may well be the closing version.
“ODI format has lost its charm. We may see the last World Cup later this year or maybe one more after that. People want to see Test cricket, which is the truest form of cricket and T20 for entertainment,” stated Karthik.
He added that with such a lot of cricket taking place all over the world to head with the mushrooming home T20 leagues, the ODI structure were stuck in “no man’s land”.
“Test cricket is like art movies and T20 is commercial cinema. ODIs are present in no man’s land. Take the example of Ben Stokesthe best all-rounder of the current times saying he is done with ODI cricket.
“There is a proven fact that with a T20 World Cup scheduled each and every two years, nations is probably not taking part in bilateral collection anymore. There would possibly not be sufficient ODI fits.”
(With inputs from PTI)
With the ODI World Cup in India lower than seven months away, Shastri feels that is the best time to present it a take a look at, giving the ODI’s a contemporary rent of existence.
“For one-day cricket to survive, I think it should be reduced to 40-over games in future,” stated the previous India captain on Day 4 of the fourth India-Australia Test in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Shastri stated the sport will have to cope with the decreasing consideration span of spectators and identified that after the Kapil Dev-led India gained the ODI World Cup in 1983, it was once a 60-over-a-side match prior to it was once decreased to a 50- over affair.
“The reason I say this is because when we won the World Cup in 1983, it was a 60-over (a side) game. Then the attention span of the people diminished and it became a 50-over game. I think the time Has come for it to become a 40-over game. Evolve with the times. Reduce the format,” added Shastri.
While Shastri’s good judgment about consideration span is justified, as soon as the World Cup moved to the sub-continent in 1987, it wasn’t conceivable to carry fits over 120-over length with two breaks — lunch and tea love it came about all the way through the primary 3 editions in England.
The mythical cricketer stated that the T20 structure will proceed to convey large dollars into the sport, despite the fact that he made identified his displeasure for bilateral T20I collection, announcing they “should be reduced”.
Shastri could also be a large recommend of decreasing the choice of bilateral collection.
“T20 format I think is the key. It is the injection the game needs to evolve. It’s the cash cow for the sport. But I think there also the bilaterals (series) should be reduced. There are enough domestic leagues around the world that promote the T20 game.
“We will have to let the ones leagues occur after which have a World Cup, simply in between. Very few bilaterals, if wanted prior to a World Cup or one thing of that kind. Then you’ll maintain all 3 codecs,” added Shastri.
The former player added that Test cricket would continue to enjoy its pride of place as it was the “actual factor”.
“Test cricket will stay Test cricket and it will have to be given paramount significance. It’s the true factor. I feel there is a position for all codecs inside of India. Especially within the subcontinent. Especially in puts like Australia,
India cricketer Dinesh Karthik additionally stated the ODI structure was once shedding its attraction and that the World Cup in India in October-November this 12 months may well be the closing version.
“ODI format has lost its charm. We may see the last World Cup later this year or maybe one more after that. People want to see Test cricket, which is the truest form of cricket and T20 for entertainment,” stated Karthik.
He added that with such a lot of cricket taking place all over the world to head with the mushrooming home T20 leagues, the ODI structure were stuck in “no man’s land”.
“Test cricket is like art movies and T20 is commercial cinema. ODIs are present in no man’s land. Take the example of Ben Stokesthe best all-rounder of the current times saying he is done with ODI cricket.
“There is a proven fact that with a T20 World Cup scheduled each and every two years, nations is probably not taking part in bilateral collection anymore. There would possibly not be sufficient ODI fits.”
(With inputs from PTI)