The ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat here today shot down Sachin Tendulkar's proposed changes in the ODI format making it a four innings 25-over-affair rather than current 50-over format.
"There is no need to change the format,"Lorgat told media here at a breakfast interaction.
Tendulkar, a prolific run-scorer in ODIs with over 18,000 runs, 48 centuries and 95 half centuries had written a letter to Lorgat, seeking a radical switch from two 50-over innings to four phased out innings of 25 overs each method tried in Australian domestic cricket.
"We did receive a written proposal from Sachin, but that was a long time back. I myself have spoken to him many times about it, the last one as recent as during the World Cup in April. The success of the tournament showed that the 50-over format was sound in health and there for more details....http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/1089137/Sports/5/14/5
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