New Delhi. Earlier this week, Ben Stokes surprised the cricket world by announcing his retirement from ODI cricket. England’s Test captain Ben Stokes is considered one of the best all-rounders in the history of the game of cricket. He claimed that it had become impossible for him to continue playing all three formats of the game. Stokes stressed on the need for massive changes to the international calendar as it is a busy schedule for the players. After this decision of Stokes, many cricket experts talked about the future of ODIs and raised the question whether all three formats of cricket can survive.
- Ravi Shastri said the importance of Test will remain
- When Hardik Pandya Shastri can retire from ODIs, predicted
- Shastri said other players will also follow the path of Stokes
Many people associated with the cricket community have claimed that ODI cricket is in danger and Ravi Shastri, the former head head coach of Team India has also given his opinion on it. Looking at the current situation, Shastri claimed that other players too would soon follow the path of Ben Stokes and start choosing formats. Not only this, he predicted about Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya and said that he will leave ODI cricket after the 2023 ODI Cricket World Cup which is going to be held in India.
Speaking on Sky Sports, Shastri said that Hardik Pandya will play 50-over cricket because there is a World Cup in India next year. After that you can even see him leaving from there. You will see the same thing happen to other players, they will start choosing formats, they have every right to that. He said that Test cricket will always remain because of the importance of the game. Now players are already choosing which format they want to play. Take Hardik Pandya, he clearly wants to play T20 cricket and his thinking is completely clear that he does not want to play anything else.