The 39-year-old veteran Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has raised his voice to allow a few more bowlers in the International Cricket Council (ICC) to keep the right balance between bat and ball in the ODI cricket. The legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has also supported Harbhajan.
While cricket is currently off due to the coronavirus pandemic, the ICC is sharing the great memories with the fans. Recently, they shared a picture of the legendary Indian cricketers Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar during an ODI match and noted their record of most ODI partnership runs (8227 runs in 176 innings with an average 47.55). The ICC also added that no other pair had managed to reach the 6000 runs in ODI history.
In reply, Sachin Tendulkar asked how many more runs their partnership would add in the present ODI circumstances, where the two new balls have been used along with the restriction of four fielders outside the ring (powerplay 2).
This brings back wonderful memories Dadi.
How many more do you think we would’ve been able to score with the restriction of 4 fielders outside the ring and 2 new balls? ?@SGanguly99 @ICC https://t.co/vPlYi5V3mo
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) May 12, 2020
Need few bowlers in ICC to keep the balance right between bat and ball: Harbhajan Singh
Later, Harbhajan Singh claimed that they could add at least a few more thousands runs easily. The veteran off-spinner criticised those rules and called for better balancing rules in the game that could make the ODI cricket more competitive. To fulfil this dream, Harbhajan feels a few more bowlers need in the ICC panel.
Harbhajan wrote on his Twitter account, “At least few more thousands runs easily..such a bad rule this is..need few bowlers in @ICC to keep the balance right between bat and ball.. and games become more competitive when team scores 260/270 nowadays everyone scoring 320/30 plus and getting chased as well often.”
Sachin Tendulkar also opened up his view
Tendulkar agreed with his former national teammate. The legendary Indian cricketer believes that the ICC needs to look into both the rules and surfaces.
Tendulkar replied, “Couldn’t agree with you more Bhajji! Even I feel the rules and surfaces both need to be looked into.”
Couldn’t agree with you more Bhajji! Even I feel the rules and surfaces both need to be looked into. https://t.co/QZqJ2sB761
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) May 13, 2020