Dravid backs Tendulkar’s suggestion on new ODI format

Rahul Dravid.

It might have been rejected by the ICC but Sachin Tendulkar’s suggestion to revamp the ODIs by splitting the format into four innings of 25 overs each has got the backing of his Test teammate Rahul Dravid. “It is interesting (suggestion). I don’t know why the ICC has rejected it, but it’s a good idea that Sachin has given and is worth experimenting,” said India’s batting mainstay of the England tour on the sidelines of a promotional event in Mumbai last night. “It has been tried out in Australia (in domestic cricket) and the plus and minus points should be looked into,” he added. Tendulkar had written a letter to the ICC to change the format of the ODIs from two innings of 50 overs to four of 25 overs like a Test match but the world council’s Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat rejected it. “There is no need to change the format,” Mr. Lorgat told reporters in Colombo on Wednesday.