Ashwin: cricket must evolve - cut bilateral series, focus on revamp ODIs

[Kavitha]

[Khushi]

Accept it or not, T20 is the future of cricket; nobody has time to watch matches for hours.

[Nikita]

Ash is spot on.

[Chandni]

There's practically a World Cup every year, how much more meaningful can it get?

[Hardik]

I love the IPL and all, but it's killed ODIs and red-ball cricket. Unless it's a World Cup semi-final or final, no one watches long matches. For the WTC final, people don't even realise it's a cycle; they only glance at scorecards if a crazy performance hits the headlines. T20 is the only format people actually watch.

[Ankita]

I miss the India-Pakistan-Sri Lanka tri-series.

[Firoz]

We really need league-style cricket tournaments that run an entire season like football, or at least something similar.

[Falguni]

I think people have lost patience because we're constantly online. A shorter attention span comes from scrolling for hours, a trend that's only emerged in the last five years. Without T20 or the IPL, overall cricket viewership might have collapsed. So thanks to T20 and the IPL, I still have a format I can watch despite my recent shortcomings.

[Suresh]

Is there any way he could get a position at the ICC?

[Sneha]

Completely agree. I can't even recall the last bilateral series I watched that wasn't BGT or the Ashes. We should extend the IPL window and make it a weekend experience like football leagues so fatigue doesn't hit fans or players too soon. Do something other than generic bilateral series that no one wants to watch.

[Hema]

My dad used to take a half-day off work for an India-Pakistan match. Now I don't even know a series is on until I stumble upon the scorecard. That's the damage cricket has done to itself.