IS 10 TEAMS WORLD CUP A BETTER FORMAT OR NOT?
As we all know, the ICC Cricket World Cup is currently going on in England. It’s the third most popular sport after Football & Olympics in the world. Opinions are divided among cricket fans about ICC’s decision to have a World Cup consisting of only ten teams. After the 1996 World Cup (which had only 9 teams), all the other following World Cups had more than 10 teams. It mostly featured 12 or 14 teams with the 2007 World Cup being the exception as it had 16 teams. So what prompted ICC to take such a decision? What are its pros & cons? Let’s find out. When I first read the news that ICC had decided to go ahead with a 10 team World Cup, I would be lying if I say I was not disappointed. Instead of globalizing the game, ICC was taking a reverse direction. I understand that having 16 teams in 2007 was a bad decision. How about 14 teams? Is that a high number too?...