Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra has opined that too many ICC tournaments are being performed in a brief span of time, calling for extra gaps between the length of every ICC event.
India beat New Zealand within the closing of the 2026 ICC Males’s T20 World Cup on March 8, making it their third ICC Trophy triumph within the final three years, after the 2024 T20 World Cup and 2025 Champions Trophy.
India’s victory got here by 96 runs after scoring a mammoth 255/5 being put into bat in Ahmedabad, earlier than bundling New Zealand out for 159. Within the course of, they turned the primary group to win the title thrice and in addition the primary to efficiently defend the T20 World Cup title. Moreover, India additionally turned the primary host nation to win the T20 World Cup.
„It is a honest level. It looks as if we’re taking part in an ICC trophy each week. ICC white-ball tournaments are being performed yearly from 2021 to 2028. It has one Champions Trophy, many T20 World Cups, and two ODI World Cups, and we’ve not even spoken in regards to the World Check Championship. How can an ICC occasion occur yearly?“ Chopra stated, talking on his YouTube channel.
He additional exclaimed that the sentiments in the direction of these ICC tournaments can be extra optimistic, with higher fan reception if they’re held with vital gaps in between.
„Simply give it some thought, from 2021 to 2018, each single 12 months there’s a white-ball ICC occasion. Far too many. You get a champion on daily basis. We are going to rejoice if India win on daily basis, however when one thing occurs as soon as in 4 years, you’re extra passionate in the direction of it,“ he noticed.
He later highlighted that the frequency must be reassessed, on the subject of the soccer World Cup , which occurs each 4 years.
The subsequent ICC occasion is ready to be the ODI World Cup in 2027, which can be co-hosted by South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
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