Split One Day Internationals into four innings of 25 overs each: Sachin Tendulkar

At the moment cricket is going through a transition state and there are different leagues introduced on league level like The Hundreds by ECB, T10 league and many more. So, now Sachin Tendulkar, who is regarded as one of the best batsmen in the history of cricket has given his opinion on organizing a One Day international game in a unique fashion.

Master Blaster donned Indian jersey for more than two decades. He holds several records in batting under his name. Sachin is the leading run-scorer in ODIs and Tests with 15,921 and 18,426 runs respectively. Even, he was the first player to score a double ton in One Day Cricket that came against South Africa back in 2010.

Sachin Tendulkar comes up with an innovative idea

In an exclusive interview given to Times of India, Sachin said that the 50-over format should be focussed in particularly at the moment in order to bring changes. And, also explained the reinventions that can take place in it. He also added to tweak the ODI format with two innings of 25 overs per side and it gives a scope of bringing many innovations in the format.

“The 50-over format is the first thing that needs a look-in. As I had suggested, the format needs a tweak of two innings of 25 overs per side with a 15-minute break between each innings (a total of four innings between two teams). The number of innovations that can be brought in is huge. Let’s say there’s a 50-over-a-side match between Team A and Team B. Team A wins the toss, bats 25 overs; then team B bats for 25 overs.”

“Team A resumes innings (with whatever wickets left) from the 26th over; Team B then resumes the last innings to chase the target. If Team A has lost all their wickets within the first 25 overs itself, then Team B gets 50 overs (25 overs plus 25 overs with a break) to chase the target. Now look at the number of ideas that can be adopted in a format like this,” the former Indian cricketer said in his interview.

He also suggested a need to do an overhaul in the Indian domestic circuit and recited that the top four Ranji teams should play in Duleep Trophy with the other two teams that will be formed carving out the rest of the domestic players from the country.”The four semi-finalists from Ranji should play the Duleep. The additional two teams should be carved out of the rest of the domestic players, and those who’ve done exceedingly well should be included” he added.

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