Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Friday joined some of the English players who have expressed their concerns about the England and Wales Cricket Board’s plan for a 100-ball Competition.
“It’s actually 16 and half overs. So from 50 overs, it has come down to 20 and now to 16 and a half. Let’s see what happens. I think they are trying to make 100 a number instead of overs. We will have to wait and see how shorter it gets.”
“You got to be very careful that it should not be such that before a spectator comes and blinks, the thing is over,” Ganguly added.
“The spectator wants the fun and pressure to go on for a certain period of time and then find genuine talent and genuine winners,” he added further.
The 100-ball cricket format was proposed in April as a way to attract new and younger audiences to the game but has had a mixed reaction from players and fans.
