Sachin Tendulkar strongly feels the 50 over one day Internationals may be played as Two innings like Test matches. To save one day cricket from the clutches of T20 guns and more over the spectators interest slowly diminishing towards these 50 over game.
This thought of connecting the game came to Sachin during the 2002 Champions Trophy final between Srilanka and India. What happened then Srilanka batted first and completed their quota of 50. Then India due to heavy downpour could manage only 2 over. The match again stared on the next day (reserve day) the same story. India could play only 8 overs this time after Srilanka finished. Then it was decided as joint holders of the Trophy. If the match had been played 25 overs each as one innings and repeat the same again.
Sachin's suggestion can be looked into as the master batsman feels ruing over Toss winning will not be of much concern because batting second in day night games is such a difficult task.
In this new format both the teams have to play under lights (Day night matches. More over you can plan the batting order accordingly to the performances.
If the administrators rethink this idea as viewed by the Cricketing legend the games will also be witnessed with greater interest and it is upto Cricket Executives of ICC to discuss the possibility.
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