“T20 World Cup is not as big as ODI World Cup” – Tamim Iqbal’s shocking statement

There are constant apprehensions about the future of the ODI format. Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s ODI captain Tamim Iqbal has supported this format. Many experts believe that due to the increasing craze of T20 and leagues starting in different countries, one-day cricket is slowly dying out.

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Many players are moving towards the shorter format but Tamim Iqbal announced his retirement from the T20 format sometime back and is now concentrating on the ODI and Test formats. This Bangladesh legend has played more than two hundred ODIs so far in his career and will soon complete eight thousand runs.

Tamim Iqbal said before the ODI series against Zimbabwe

I think ODI is a very important format. It was not only me but the ICC had also said this. Everyone loves to watch matches in this format. If we look at the major ICC tournaments. The T20 World Cup is not as big as the ODI World Cup. This is a very important format of cricket. There is a constant discussion about the future of ODI cricket.

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Recently, England’s Test captain Ben Stokes had said goodbye to the ODI format. And he cited a busy schedule for it. After his retirement, a round of world cricket reactions ensued that the format is no longer as interesting as it used to be. Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, Pakistan legend Wasim Akram and Australian player Usman Khawaja also made similar statements.

However, the ICC has a different opinion and has considered the future of ODIs secure. Apart from this, in the next future tour program also, we will get to see a lot of matches of 50 overs.