Former Pakistan captain, Wasim Akram, has claimed that cricketers find the one-day format of cricket to be exhausting and that most of them are now only focused on the other two formats.
It is quite tiring for a player to play one-day cricket. After T20, one-day cricket seems it is going for days. So players are focussing on more shorter format. And longer format obviously [with] Test cricket.
Wasim Akram, the leading wicket-taker in ODI cricket, stated that the popularity of T20 cricket has reduced the demand for 50-over games because players consider the shortest format to be easier and more profitable.
While responding to a question regarding Ben Stokes’ sudden retirement from ODI cricket, Wasim said, “Him deciding that he is retiring from one-day cricket is quite sad but I agree with him.”
Ben Stoke, who was appointed England Test captain last month, abruptly announced his retirement from ODI cricket during the first ODI against South Africa, sparking debate in the cricket community.
When asked if the governing body should scrap the ODI format entirely, the former captain replied, “I think so,” adding that people in Asian countries have no desire to attend ODI matches in the stadium.
The former pacer also discussed the significance of red-ball cricket, stating that while there is money in white-ball cricket, he has always preferred red-ball cricket as it shapes a character of a player.
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Lets go back to the old days of having test matches only. T20 has ruined the bowling strategies and is more focused on big shots. The pitches are also made in a way to facilitate the batman rather than the bowler.
One day’s have one problem and its constant changing of the rules. Suddenly 300 runs became a non issue for teams. It was a time when having 220 runs was enough. The rules of the game have made ODIs terrible to watch with no assistance to the bowlers, it has ruined the game.
Completely Disagreed,
T20 is no cricket, that must be reduced to minimums, and T20 Leagues must be played between only first class and emerging or cricketers not currently part of international squads.
Pitch and rules should be balanced between Bat and Ball in ODI, then the glorious days of this format will come back
Each Tour must include Min 3 Tests 3 ODI and max 3 T20I