Former India legend Sachin Tendulkar suggests new format for making ODI cricket interesting

We should be playing 25 overs first. Divide it into 4 halves, like in Test cricket: Tendulkar

Touching on how difficult the ODI format has become for the bowlers, Tendulkar also talked about how the format and modern day rules are affecting along with giving a solution to make ODI format interesting. Tendulkar seemed in favour of dividing the game into shorter durations per innings to make the game fair for both the opponents which gets impacted due to dew factor.

"Coming to the second bit, we should be playing 25 overs first. Divide it into 4 halves, like in Test cricket. In Tests, you have 20 wickets here you only have 10 wickets. If you are dismissed, you are out of the game for the next 25 overs as well. You can't come back and bat,” Sachin iterated.

"Why I am saying this because we played a tournament in Sri Lanka where we played 118 overs without any result. On the first day, Sri Lanka batted first and we played 10 overs, the match was rained out. The match was again called off on the following day. We almost played 118 overs without any result,” the Mumbai-born further continued by providing his solution to change ODI format.

Futhermore, the legendary batter himself was a good spinner and gave some memorable performances over the years for India with the ball as well. While talking in favour of the spinners and how they are being impacted in a rather negative aspect under the current format of ODI cricket.

"Also for spinners, I have spoken to a few spinners. I was trying to understand their mindset with 5 fielders in the ring. The bowlers are saying that we don't have the freedom to change our lines. Even if we know that, there is a possibility of batter making the mistake, if we change our line then we might have to pay a heavy price. They don't have the protection now in the current format," he said.