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Rohit Sharma (L) and Virat Kohli© AFP
The Indian cricket group clinched the T20 World Cup title in 2024 however total, the yr was fairly disappointing for Rohit Sharma and Co. Whereas the group did dominate the shortest format of the game, their performances within the Check and ODI codecs left the followers and consultants fairly involved. India suffered a large 3-0 Check collection loss towards New Zealand at house and within the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy, they path 1-2 towards Australia with their World Check Championship (WTC) Last desires hanging by a thread. Nonetheless, it’s the ODI format the place India hit a low after 45 years as they ended the yr with out a single victory as they tied one sport and misplaced two towards Sri Lanka.
ODI cricket was virtually absent from India’s cricket calendar in 2024 as they performed simply three matches within the 50-over format. The one ODI collection that India performed in 2024 was towards Sri Lanka away from house. Whereas India confirmed some promise, it was the hosts who emerged victorious 2-0.
With no different matches in 2024, India completed the yr with out a single ODI win. The final time this occurred was again in 1979 – a marketing campaign that noticed the group shedding all of the matches within the World Cup.
Total, this was the fourth time since 1974 that India completed a yr with none ODI victory.
In the meantime, former India coach Ravi Shastri has known as for the implementation of a two-tier system in Check cricket, saying the construction will permit for the survival of the longer format.
Shastri’s feedback come after the Boxing Day Check between India and Australia drew 373,691 spectators throughout all 5 days, to develop into the most-attended Check match in Australia. It beat the earlier file of 350,534 on the identical venue through the 1936/37 Ashes collection towards England.
“To break crowd records that have stood for nearly a century… is testimony to the fact that when the best teams play, the toughest and best format of the game is still alive and thriving.
“It was additionally a sound reminder to the ICC (Worldwide Cricket Council) that the very best ought to play the very best for Check cricket to outlive. I’ll say that there is an excessive amount of of a litter in any other case.
“This match further emphasises why we need a two-tier system with the top 6-8 teams and then include promotion and demotion. You will not get these kinds of crowds if you don’t have two proper teams playing,” wrote Shastri in his column for The Australian.
(With IANS inputs)
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