Ravi Shastri unhappy about the existence of Champions Trophy, says it needs to be scrapped

Shastri feels five years down the line there will be very little 50-over cricket and so the Champions Trophy doesn't make much sense

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Ravi Shastri and Virat Kohli. (Photo Source: BCCI)

Ravi Shastri in a bold interview with the reporters at a promotional event of “Greycells Education” vehemently stated that the existence of too many ICC championship is tarnishing the value of premier events such as the quadrennial ICC World Cup.

Shastri went on to state that there are too many existing championships and the ICC Champions Trophy needs to be scrapped. This is due to the fact the FTP is setup in such a way that there is a major ICC event every year and the relevance of the fifty over World Cup becomes diluted.

Quoting the famous commentator “If you ask me, five years down the line there will be very little 50-over cricket. There are too many ICC tournaments. Which event (sport) has so many World Champions. I go and meet anyone on the street and am asked ‘kitna World Cup hai yaar’ (how many World Cups are there), ‘World Champion hai kaun’ (who is the World Champion), which is a fact. You have both the Champions Trophy and the World Cup. You are (thus) diluting the World Cup”

“World Cup, T20, Test cricket (are fine). What do you need Champions Trophy for? What are you trying to prove? Who remembers (who won them in the past)?”, he further added.

Lashing out at the relevance of the Champions Trophy in the modern day game he stated “If you ask me about the last 10-12 World Cups (winners), I will tell you, (but) you ask me (about) the last three Champions Trophy (winners) – I don’t know. The last one (in England in 2013) I will tell, because India won”

“I don’t have a clue and I have broadcast (commentated) in all of them. World Cup in 2011 and the (winning) six (which India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni struck in the final at the Wankhede Stadium against Sri Lanka). That you will (always) remember” he further advocated his valid point.

Citing at the loopholes in the current domestic structure, he stated  “It is your first-class domestic tournament, India should have two corridors for that, why one if it’s (presently) six weeks, it can extend to eight weeks. Like Ranji, Duleep Trophy, for the T20 format it is the IPL, you don’t need any other tournament. Eight franchises, 7 Indians play in each franchise, 56 Indians get the chance. Every day, (seven Indians) rubbing shoulders with four overseas players. (Their) complex disappears,”

It is clear from these statements that Shastri wants massive changes in the structure of the current ICC events. It will be interesting to see how the people from the cricketing fraternity react to this.

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