5 Rule changes that will make ODIs richer

5 Rule changes that will make ODIs richer: With the advent of T20s, people have started to lose interest in the ODI form of cricket, simply because of the time duration for which the game runs and the nature of the game to become uneventful in the middle over’s. Altering the duration of the game would mean a complete change of format; the ICC could look at changes in the rules to make the game more interesting for the viewers. Everything that runs for a longer duration of time requires to adapt to the changing world and if ODI has to survive, change is the need of the hour. So, here is a look at 5 rules that could make ODI format richer.

1. Replacing/Altering the DL method:

Duckworth Lewis method has been in use to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a limited overs cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstances from the year 1999. Even with slight modifications in 2014, not always has the method been right in its judgment of the situation and the recalculated targets have often been unfair to a team.

It is evident from several matches that further alteration in the rules (maybe, including more flexibility depending on the conditions) will only make it better and suitable for this era of cricket.

Jayadevan’s method found by a civil engineer from Kerala is an alternative which the ICC could ponder upon using, however, no one has been able to prove one or the other is significantly superior over the other, with most assessments concluding that their performance is reasonably similar.