4 reasons why the ICC World Cup 2019 could be the most exciting one ever

#3 Round-robin tournament with just one group

The ICC Cricket World Cup 1992 followed a similar Round-robin schedule with nine teams

Since the 1996 World Cup, there has been more than one group in World Cups. There were possibilities of one team getting an easier knock-out draw compared to that of another team. For instance, Australia won the 2007 ICC World Cup without facing major teams like India and Pakistan even once.

Cricket cannot be treated like football or hockey as the number of teams participating in the World Cup are very less. Ideally, one team should play against all other teams at least once before the knock-out stages.

The last time we had round-robin for all the teams was in 1992 where nine teams played against each other before the knock-outs.

Here, every team will have to face the other nine teams to find a place in the top four. This adds more competition and fairness in the upcoming tournament which was missing in the previous few five editions.