Tendulkar writes to ICC CEO Lorgat asking for changes in ODI format

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Now its right time to send Ganrans proposal to ICC with foreword from Ponka

[Rajiv]

Lets try it out in domestic and see if it works, why goto ICC right away

[Sidhoni]

ICC has rejected it

[ganeshran]

It was actually a very old proposal. Dont know why it made the news now out of the blue

[akshayxyz]

The only sensible reason is - first such drastic changes should be tried out in tour/FC matches. And then only moved to International ODIs. T20s also followed similar patch, ODIs shouldn't be any exception.

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Malinga backs Tendulkar's suggestion on new ODI format

Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga on Thursday backed his Mumbai Indian teammate Sachin Tendulkar's idea of revamping the ODIs by splitting 50 overs into four innings and said it will give bowlers a chance to reverse swing the ball quite often and negate batsmen's advantage. "I am bowler and I did not like personally the change of ball in the 34th over as per the existing 50-50 match rule. If they play four innings, they will be changing the ball more times. Also, we have chance for reverse swing only after 15 or 20 overs. But, if they cut down that possibility, all the favour is going to a batsman," Malinga said. Tendulkar had written a letter to the ICC to change the format of the ODIs from two innings of 50 overs to four of 25 overs each like a Test match but the world body's chief executive Haroon Lorgat had rejected the idea. Malinga, who is in India to represent his IPL team Mumbai Indians in the Champions League Twenty20, said his team is not under any pressure as they take on Chennai Super Kings in their tournament opener on Saturday.

Hindustan Times

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Dravid backs Tendulkar's suggestion on new ODI format

It might have been rejected by the ICC, but Sachin Tendulkar's suggestion to revamp the ODIs by splitting the format into four innings of 25 overs each has got the backing of his Test teammate Rahul Dravid. "It is interesting. I don't know why the ICC has rejected it (Tendulkar's suggestion via a letter to ICC), but it's a good idea that Sachin has given and is worth experimenting," said India's batting mainstay on the England tour on the sidelines of a promotional event for 'Gillette' in Mumbai Wednesday night. "It has been tried out in Australia (in domestic cricket) and the plus and minus points should be looked into," he added. Tendulkar had written a letter to the ICC to change the format of the ODIs from two innings of 50 overs to four of 25 overs like a Test match but the world council's Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat had rejected it. "There is no need to change the format," Lorgat told reporters in Colombo on Wednesday. "We did receive a written proposal from Sachin, but that was a long time back. I myself have spoken to him many times about it, the last one as recent as during the World Cup in April. The success of the tournament showed that the 50-over format was sound in health and there was no need for dramatic changes," Lorgat added. "The executive board meeting after the World Cup decided that the present format was doing well. That has not changed," Lorgat stressed. Tendulkar had argued that four innings of 25 overs would be a fair way to balance the advantage gained by the team which won the toss in conditions such as bad weather, sub-quality pitches which historically had proven that a match can virtually be decided by the toss of a coin. Dravid also backed the Cricket Board for deciding to put pressure on the ICC for revising the controversial Decision Review System of which he got the rough end of the stick in the Test and ODI matches in England. "It's not set in stone. Anything connected with DRS is a work in progress. There are new challenges and questioned about it. Its up to the member boards (of the ICC) to ask whether things are better with it in place," said the 39-year-old Dravid. Dravid, who was the lone batsman to show consistently superb form in difficult conditions against a top class England pace attack in the four-match Test rubber that India lost 0-4, was also controversially given out through the 'Hot Spot' image system on at least three occasions leading to big debates over DRS.

Hindustan Times

[asterix]

Yeah right.. players who've already retired and those who should retire from ODIs are suggesting changes and backing each other.. Fecking suggest something good for Test cricket, something for the future of Indian cricket, Indian pace bowling, players fitness etc.

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Yeah right.. players who've already retired and those who should retire from ODIs are suggesting changes and backing each other.. Fecking suggest something good for Test cricket, something for the future of Indian cricket, Indian pace bowling, players fitness etc.

Who will do such Tough job....Changing ODI rules is easy i guess tommarrow Jogi and Jaddu will propose 10 over 2 innings per side match for T20

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Ganguly, Sachin differ on ODI format

KOLKATA: Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly is not on the same page as his former opening partner Sachin Tendulkar, who has suggested revamping of the one day international cricket format. Unlike Tendulkar, Ganguly feels the current ODI format is here to stay. "We already have a 20-over format, so why another 25 over game? The 50 over game has done well. We saw such a hugely successful World Cup in India. The format is doing wonderful which was evident in the recently concluded India-England series," said Ganguly. Ganguly thinks the International Cricket Council (ICC) rejected Tendulkar's proposal not for any cricketing reasons, but because it came from an Indian. "It is no surprise that it (Sachin's suggestion) has been rejected. There is a huge idea or belief in world cricket that India is the power and dominates world cricket. At the moment it just gives me a feeling that oh! It has come from them, so lets put it on hold, India are too big," said Ganguly at a product launch event. Earlier, cricketing legend Tendulkar sent a letter to ICC chief Haroon Lorgat suggesting the current ODI format of two innings of 50 over each be changed to four innings of 25 over each. The ICC on Wednesday dismissed the suggestion saying there was no scope for change in the format at the moment. Ganguly, the new designated chairperson of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) technical committee, toed the board's line saying the Umpire Decision Referral System (UDRS) needs to improve a lot to become acceptable. "The UDRS is an issue and I completely agree with BCCI's thought on the system. From what I saw in the India versus England and Australia versus Sri Lanka Series the system needs a lot of improvement. It needs lot of updating before it becomes foolproof," added Ganguly.