Legendary Indian Batsman Sachin Tendulkar rocked everyone when he said that the present outlook of ODI cricket is rather boring than being interesting. The Master Blaster suggested certain tweakings in the 50-over format to make it more interesting for the viewers to watch.
Many people have reacted to his comments and former Indian batter Ajay Jadeja has clipped back at Sachin for his remarks. One of the “dynamic change” that Sachin suggested was to make ODI cricket a 40-over contest for it stop being monotonous.
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar proposes certain tweakings in ODI cricket to make it less boring!
He also stressed upon the rise of franchise cricket around the world. The lucrative franchise contracts have definitely tempted the minds of players who are opting to leave International cricket. Sachin said that it is killing the actual form of cricket and a change is must.
In response to the master blaster’s comments, Ajay Jadeja said – “The master has made his statement, there are no doubts on that. But the thing is those who have played have accepted that. They have stopped that game between the 15th and 40th overs. They are not even going till there. All the problems that we had with predictability, boring, they are all gone now.”
Innings Break!#TeamIndia are all out for 117 runs in 26 overs.
Scorecard – https://t.co/c1NbIfpAkg #INDvAUS @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/XnMVm7s4Xp
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 19, 2023
Ajay Jadeja gave a reference of the 2nd ODI between Australia and India which ended in just a matter of 37 overs combined in both the innings. Steve Smith’s side restricted India to a very low total of 117 runs within 26 overs enroute Mitchell Starc’s 9th 5-wicket haul and 1st against India.
In response, Australia through the opening pair of Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh chased down the target by the 11th over with the former scoring 51 and the latter got 66 off 36.
Meanwhile, Ajay Jadeja reminded of the ODI format during the previous generations saying –
“People of a certain generation would remember that this one day cricket used to happen at one time without a 30-yard circle. You could send all nine fielders to- the boundary. That became boring so the concept of the circle was brought in, and then to compensate for conditions in Australia, two new balls were brought in. Back when one day cricket started it used to be played with the red ball and that made the game entirely different.”
