ODIs are ‘just a drag now,’ the format is ‘kind of dying’: Wasim Akram

Former Pakistan quick bowler Wasim Akram believes that three codecs of worldwide cricket is “unsustainable” and that 50-over one-dayers may need to be scrapped as they now not draw crowds to stadiums all over the world.

England all-rounder Ben Stokes introduced his retirement from ODIs this week after deciding to concentrate on take a look at cricket and the sport’s shortest format, Twenty20.

Akram, a devastating bowler in his prime and the primary to assert 500 ODI wickets, stated Stokes retiring from ODIs was unhappy however that he understood the explanations.

“Even as a commentator… one-day cricket is just a drag now, especially after T20. I can imagine as a player. 50 overs, 50 overs, then you have to pre-game, post-game, the lunch game,” Akram stated on a BBC podcast.

“T20 is type of simpler, (in) 4 hours the sport is over. The leagues all all over the world, there’s much more cash. I suppose that is half and parcel of recent cricket — T20 or take a look at cricket. One-day cricket is type of dying.

“It is quite tiring for a player to play one-day cricket… So players are focusing on the shorter format and the longer format obviously (with) test cricket.”

When requested if directors ought to concentrate on checks and T20s Akram stated: “I think so. In England, you have full houses. In India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Africa — (with) one-day cricket you are not going to fill the stadiums. They are doing it just for the sake of doing it,” he added.