Cricket

Dravid concerned about rise of T20

Rahul Dravid, the former Indian captain, felt one-day and test cricket will be the sore loser in the aftermath of Twenty20 and IPL’s tremendous success worldwide. He said the busy international schedule could force the number of one-dayers to be reduced.

"There is a limited amount of time. Twenty20 cricket is popular now so something has to give", Dravid said at a discussion forum organised to unveil the Castrol Asian Cricket awards, to be announced during the Asia Cup in Pakistan which starts this month. Dravid, Wasim Akram and Sanath Jayasuriya are part of the panel that will oversee the process that will pick the winners in various categories, and even these two heavy weights voiced their concerns.

Dravid captained the Bangalore Royal Challengers during the Indian Premier League (IPL), said he understood the decision to hold the Twenty20 World Cup every two years and the IPL once a year. But he hoped that other forms of cricket would not be severely affected.

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