It was most attended ODI World Cup ever but jury still out on 50-over format’s relevance | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: World Cup profitable skipper Pat Cummins, by way of his personal admission, has fallen in love with 50-over cricket all over the place once more but the jury stays out on the way forward for the ODI layout, whose relevance in modern day cricket is being debated for a while now.
India is the heart beat of global cricket and near-packed stadiums for almost all of World Cup video games over the process a 45-day lengthy tournament was anticipated on the religious house of the sport.It was no longer a marvel that India has delivered the most attendedODI World Cup ever.More than a report 1.25 million other folks thronged the stadiums but the similar buzz and fanfare will most most likely be lacking when there’s a bilateral sequence taking place any place on the earth together with India.
The avid gamers and the purists love Test cricket whilst T20 is the layout that enjoys unequalled reputation and is getting used as a device to unfold the sport globally.
The consideration spans are shorter than ever within the virtual age and no longer all have the time and zeal to spend 8 hours for an ODI recreation.
The ICC tournament in India has proven that the layout has numerous takers if this is a international tournament but the bilateral ODIs do not encourage the similar self assurance going forward.

That begs the query: Should ODIs most effective be performed in a World Cup yr? If no longer, then must the layout be tweaked on the recommendation of legends like Wasim Akram and Sachin Tendulkar.
The layout isn’t top on precedence for most groups with India that includes most effective in six ODIs subsequent yr and Pakistan shouldn’t have any fit scheduled until November 2024 despite the fact that they host the Champions Trophy the next yr.
During the World Cup, Akram opined that the layout must be lowered to a 40 overs a facet whilst Tendulkar needs to damage the ODIs to 4 innings of 25 overs every to damage the “monotony”.
“I have a problem with ODI cricket right now. Very rarely do you see nowadays in One-day cricket something interesting happen in those (middle) 30 overs. Just go to 40 overs, you’ll have more action during that period.

“I have no idea if it will occur, but I believe 40 overs can be extra fascinating, particularly for bilateral sequence. Nowadays the target market, we do know their (consideration) span is lesser than the nineties, as a result of T20 layout and as a result of social media. We have to conform,” Akram told Fox Sports.
His menacing bowling partner Waqar Younis also expressed his views on the subject in the middle of the World Cup he was commentating on.
“ODI cricket is just too pleasant for batters. Suggestion @ICC 2 new balls to start out, remove 1 ball after 30 overs, proceed with the opposite. At the top that ball will most effective be 35 overs previous. We’ll see some opposite on the finish. Save the artwork of #ReverseSwing,” he posted on social media.
However, the comments of Cummins after the World Cup triumph on Sunday night were a good advert for the ODI format. Unlike the slam bang T20 format, ODI cricket is played in gears and does challenge the cricketers more.
It is a challenge Cummins and his team enjoyed in a global event but the same can’t be said about a bilateral contest.
“I will have to say, possibly as a result of we gained, I did fall in love with ODI once more on this World Cup. I believe the state of affairs the place each and every recreation in reality issues, it does imply slightly other to only a bilateral,” he acknowledged.
“I imply, the World Cup’s were given such wealthy historical past, I’m certain it will be round for a very long time. Yeah, there may be such a lot of superb video games, such a lot of superb tales inside this final couple of months. So, I believe there may be unquestionably a spot.”
The view and constraints of the average fan must also be taken into consideration by the ICC which might be forced to make changes to the ODI format in the near future.
Two Indian fans, who travelled the length and breadth of the country following the team in the World Cup, had a time to remember but they too want immediate changes to how the 50-over game is played.
“In the present state of affairs, it must be two innings of 20 overs every packed into six hours. Toss and stipulations get nullified to a undeniable extent. Eight hours is much too lengthy and wishes to switch,” said Gurgaon-based Inderpreet Khurana referring to the World Cup final where the evening dew made batting easier for Australia.
He was in attendance for both the marquee games in Ahmedabad, the India-Pakistan showdown and World Cup final.
Atirav Kapur, who travelled to Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Dharamsala and Lucknow for the India games in the league stage, is a fan of ODI cricket but doesn’t see it surviving in its current version.
“Given that the most important ever ICC rights deal has been signed not too long ago and a large chew of that’s the 2027 ODI WC, I believe ODIs can be ‘compelled’ to continue to exist. Though, on the entire, it is sure to slowly finally end up – I do not believe audiences can maintain gazing a recreation for 7+ hours anymore – it is too lengthy for a unmarried day.
“Bilateral ODI cricket is meaningless at the moment,” he reckoned.