Over the past fewer years, determination is simply a increasing statement that ODIs are nearing the extremity and England skipper Jos Buttler agrees with it.
Buttler, an ODI World Cup victor himself feels the format has been pushed to its borderline and helium is unsure astir its relevance and future.
“I’m unsure, to beryllium honest,” helium told reporters connected the eve of the archetypal ODI against India successful Nagpur.
“I deliberation I’ve really truly enjoyed 50 implicit cricket, it’s ever been 1 of my favourite formats actually, but it’s surely been pushed a small spot towards the margins, successful the caller years,” helium said.
As it stands, the men’s Cricket World Cup is apt to unrecorded on, with broadcast rights sold successful India until the 2027 variation being hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia, and 2031 is to beryllium staged by India and Bangladesh. But the question is for however agelong volition it survive? At a clip erstwhile attraction spans look to beryllium diminishing and T20 cricket continues connected its inexorable domination of the sport’s calendar, the aboriginal of ODI is nether the hammer.
Buttler besides blames the packed docket and the emergence of the T20 leagues astir the cricketing circuit.
“The mode scheduling is, and evidently the emergence of T20 and franchise cricket, “he said.
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Buttler says for him winning the 50-over World Cup is inactive up than winning the World T20.
“I inactive judge if you speech to guys astir winning a World Cup, they’d astir apt accidental a 50 implicit World Cup up of a T20 World Cup astatine the moment,” helium said.
“Whether that continues to beryllium the lawsuit moving guardant I don’t know, but the schedules are ever the thing. If you tin get the champion players connected the park, playing against each different successful immoderate the format, I deliberation radical are ever going to beryllium excited to ticker it,” helium said.
Pratyush Raj is simply a sports writer with The Indian Express Group and specializes successful breaking quality stories and conducting in-depth investigative reports for the paper. His passionateness extends to crafting engaging contented for the newspaper's website. Pratyush takes a keen involvement successful penning connected cricket and hockey. He started his vocation with the fiscal regular Business Standard but soon followed his existent calling arsenic Times of India's sports newsman for Punjab successful Chandigarh, a occupation that required extended question to states specified arsenic Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. He has besides contributed to the sports sum of India Today Group. Pratyush's emotion for sports blossomed during his upbringing successful flood-prone Saharsa, a territory successful North Bihar, wherever 'Cricket Samrat' was his cherished companion. ... Read More