“It’s getting boring,” Sachin Tendulkar comes up with bizarre suggestion to make ‘monotonous’ ODIs more interesting

Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has repeatedly suggested a change in ODI cricket to make it more interesting. And now, the legendary Sachin Tendulkar opened up about how he feels on the 50-over format.

“It’s getting boring,” Sachin Tendulkar comes up with bizarre suggestion to make ‘monotonous’ ODIs more interesting

Sachin Tendulkar

Nowadays the 50-over ODI format is becoming ‘monotonous’ after the rise of T20Is, and the franchise leagues across different countries. Many players have decided not to play the ODIs to take part in franchise leagues. Last year, England’s red-ball skipper Ben Stokes bid adieu to ODIs to play Tests, T20Is, and in T20 leagues.

Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has repeatedly suggested a change in ODI cricket to make it more interesting. And now, the legendary Sachin Tendulkar opened up on how he feels about the 50-over format, and at the same time, came up with a unique solution to help ODIs grab eyeballs like they used to before.

“It’s getting monotonous without a doubt. The current format, which has been there for a while now uses two new balls (per innings),” Tendulkar said while speaking at India Today Conclave in New Delhi.

He meant to say that two new balls have eliminated reverse swing. “That element (reverse swing) is missing today because of two new balls.” He then added: “Right now, the game is becoming too predictable. From the 15th to the 40th over, it’s losing its momentum. It’s getting boring.”

Then Sachin Tendulkar suggested the radical change which should be brought in to make ODI interesting. “So, both teams bowl in the first and the second half. Commercially too it’s more viable as there will be three innings breaks instead of two.”

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Sachin Tendulkar also talked about the debate surrounding Indian pitches

Sachin Tendulkar comes up with bizarre suggestion to make 'monotonous' ODIs more interesting
IND vs AUS

Indian pitches during the recently-concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy were hugely criticized by several ex-cricketers. Three out of the four matches ended within two and a half days. India won the first two (in Nagpur and Indore) with huge margins, with spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja outclassing the Aussie batters.

Australia bounced back in the third Test in Indore, but the fourth Test on a flat track in Ahmedabad ended in a dull draw. During the entire series, apart from the discussions surrounding the players’ performance, the cricket fraternity focused more on the pitches.

However, Sachin Tendulkar believes the discussion shouldn’t be about how many days a Test is because the longest format is not always played on similar types of surfaces.

“We (cricketers) are meant to play on different surfaces; be it a bouncy track, swinging conditions, seaming conditions with different balls,” Tendulkar opined on Sports Tak.

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