Former India wicketkeeper Robin Uthappa has that in the coming time, the One-day International (ODI) format will dwindle, leaving only T20s and Tests in international cricket.
“I think cricket is evolving and we as human beings are very rigid in the sense as a society, cricket is evolving, and it is extending to the point perhaps even in the direction of football that happened so many decades ago and in time you will see more leagues than international cricket. Right now, at this current FTP cycle, there seems to be a lot of cricket, international cricket is still there but you can see the rise of T20 cricket coming in.”
Uthappa backs T-10
“In time to go, we will see a dwindling of One Day cricket, and just T20s and Test cricket will come to the fore, and perhaps the T10 cricket, because it’s a great version to kind of introduce a lot of young nations to cricket, associate nations into cricket and that’s where the game is moving towards to have a surplus of these leagues coming in and it will then streamline itself over a period of time and that’s just the process of evolution,” Uthappa was quoted as saying in a select press briefing.
Uthappa is currently turning out for Dubai Capitals in the inaugural edition of the ILT20 in the UAE He also went on to share his thoughts on ODI cricket on the verge of being phased out due to the rise in T20 leagues.
‘T-10 great version of cricket’
Uthappa has said T-10 is the league that could become a great format to introduce non-traditional nations to cricket.
“And like I said, T10 is a great version of cricket to kind of introduce the associate nations that are just starting, say teams like Germany, or China, and teams such as those to kind of play those so that they get a feel of what the sport generally entails.”
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