Five Major Reasons Why ODI Cricket Is Losing Its Charm Among Viewers

Since the retirement of Ben Stokes from ODI cricket last month, the debate on the future of ODI cricket has been up and running. A lot of former cricketers have been fearing that this particular format of the game is slowly dying. Now, the question arises, why? What could be the reasons? There can be many reasons for the format to lose the interest of the audience.

Not to forget, ODI cricket is something most of the full members’ cricket boards want to preserve. After all, this was the first limited-overs format that revolutionized cricket in the 1970s. Now, without further ado, let’s have a look at five reasons why ODI cricket is ‘dying’.

Five reasons why ODI cricket is losing interest among audiences

1. A lot of teams are resting star players

Since cricket resumed in 2020 post-pandemic. The pandemic also meant that Cricket Australia had announced its reservation to host the scheduled 20-20 World Cup that year. Eventually, the tournament was shifted to 2021 in India.

This meant that the teams started playing more T20I cricket. Most of the teams did this to keep themselves prepared for the showpiece event. This is the reason that the teams played very less amount of ODIs. Also, even if they played, a lot of star players were rested which is why fans started losing interest in the format.