5 interesting suggestions from Sachin Tendulkar to keep Cricket relevant

#4 Making World Cup a 25-team event

A little disappointed with the ICC’s decision to limit the 2019 World Cup participation to just ten teams, Sachin Tendulkar suggested a radically opposite move. He wanted the ICC to explore options to accommodate as many as 25 teams.

While that is a huge number and could dilute the playing quality of the World Cup, with too many minnows, it could be worked out in such a way that the minnows are pitted against each other so only a few qualify for the main round.

That will give the Associate teams a taste of the big league, something that they don’t have exposure to at the moment. The lack of matches and exposure has led to many good players from Associate teams either shifting base to other countries or calling it quits altogether on cricket.