Faf du Plessis Unimpressed With Sourav Ganguly's Idea Of 4-Nation Tournament
Published - 03 Jan 2020, 07:33 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:02 AM
The skipper of South Africa Faf du Plessis also joins the bandwagon to oppose the idea of a 4-nation tournament. The right-handed batsman of South Africa feels the officials must add a few more teams to help the game grow better rather than increasing the fixtures among the elite teams.
Recently, Sourav Ganguly said that the plans are in progress to organise a four-nation tournament, involving cricket’s heavyweights, from 2021. He revealed that the Indian board has been planning with the ECB and Cricket Australia about staging a four-nation tournament, hosted by rotation, every year. However, it received criticism from a few former cricketers, but, the ECB and Cricket Australia boards are considering the idea.
Better if you include more teams – Faf du Plessis
Speaking of the same, Faf du Plessis, following the victory in Centurion, stated that more teams must be allowed to join the tournament. He believes that the addition of teams will help the game grow better rather than the increase of matches among the top cricket boards or the nations.
“The last year or so you can see what’s going on in terms of the big three countries,” Faf du Plessis said while speaking to the press after South Africa’s win over England in the Boxing Day Test on Sunday. There’s a lot of movement going towards that, a lot more matches being played against the top three, or big three. It’s probably better if you include more teams, the better to grow the game as much as you can.”
Amidst the criticism, the Cricket Australia chief executive Kevin Roberts has termed BCCI President Sourav Ganguly’s idea for a four-nation ‘ODI Super Series’ as “innovative”. However, he didn’t give any commitment in providing the green signal for the tournament. The ECB too, has acknowledged the discussion that took place earlier this month.
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A few of the former players criticised the move, saying that the top three boards in the cricketing world are looking to counter the International Cricket Board’s (ICC) plans to add 50-overs world event to the next ICC Future Tours Programme. Well, it would be interesting to see how things would turn out.
