ICC rejects Tendulkar’s proposal to revamp ODIs..!!

  The International Cricket Council (ICC) has rejected Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar’s idea of revamping One-Day International (ODI) cricket.


ICC General Manager Dave Richardson said on Tuesday, “I can confirm to you that they (the ideas) were thoroughly discussed (by the cricket committee headed by Clive Lloyd in May), but we decided not to go with them.”


Tendulkar had earlier suggested that the ODI format must be split into four equal innings of 25 overs each. But ICC General Manager said Tendulkar was not the only one to come up with suggestions, and there were many others who had recommended changes.

“Lots of people have come up with different ideas to revamp the ODI format. So, he’s surely not the only one,” said Richardson. He also added that the suggested ideas won’t be worked out anytime in the future as they have been already dealt with.


President of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Christopher Martin-Jenkins disclosed the contents of Tendulkar’s letter to the media on Tuesday. He was quoted in Times “He (Tendulkar) argues that four alternate innings of 25 overs for each side in an international would be the fairest way of balancing the advantages gained by the team that win the toss when pitch and weather conditions mean that a match can virtually be decided by the spin of a coin.


“Tendulkar mentions several such games in the longest of all present international careers, going back to his first appearances as a 16-year-old in Pakistan in 1989. Chief among them is the notorious 1996 World Cup semi-final in Calcutta when India were caught on what he calls a “square turner” in the second innings.


“Tendulkar’s letter also proposes changes to the voluntary powerplays. In each 25-over block he wants only two at the behest of the batting side but three for the fielding team and he also suggests that up to four bowlers should be allowed up to 12 overs each, rather than the present limit of ten,” Jenkins was quoted in MiD DAY


Sachin Tendulkar’s suggestions to ICC


. A switch from two 50-over innings to four (innings) of 25 each.


. Four bowlers must be allowed 12 overs each, rather than the present limit of 10.


. Batting side must be allowed only two voluntary powerplays, but bowling side must be given three.

                                                                                                                                                                    
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