Sachin Tendulkar has said that the ODIs could be made more interesting by breaking down the innings into two innings of 25 overs each. He has said that by doing this, no teams will have a distinct advantage over the other team by winning the toss, which, according to him happened 75% of the time.
Tendulkar said that the thought first came into his mind in the 2002 Champions Trophy. In the finals, Sri Lanka had batted first and played out the fifty overs, before rain interrupted play when India had just begun batting to push the game into the reserve day. Even on the reserve day, the same thing happened, Sri Lanka played out all the overs but India could barely bat leading to the sharing the trophy.
He said, “Today, we can tell the result of close to 75% of matches after the toss. We know how the conditions will affect the two teams. But it [his idea] is not too dependent on the toss because, for example, in a day-night match both the teams will have to bat under lights. The conditions change very dramatically but this would ensure that it’s same for everyone.”
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