Tendulkar feels ODI format favours batters more, suggests new 25-25 over match

The legendarySachin Tendulkar feels ODI cricket strongly favours batters and the imbalance between bat and ball must be looked into adding that Test format needs to be played on all kinds of pitches to keep the fans glued to the gameThe objectivity of playing the ODI format in the age of T20 cricket is already a subject of debate and discussionThe 50yearold former opener firmly believes that the game has become faster after the introduction of the slambang T20 format and its time to do something that will ensure that equilibrium remains in ODI cricketYou blink and the match is over I feel all three formats are different but somewhere I feel oneday format is something that people need to have a look at closely I feel there is an imbalance between the bat and the ball It is too much at this point in time in favour of the batters he opinedTendulkar said bowlers need to be given some advantage because the current rules are heavily tilted towards batters especially with two white balls in play and field restrictions allowing batters to have a lot of freedom without being adequately challengedWith two new balls even in the 25th over the ball is literally 12 or 13 overs old There is no such thing as reverse swing or the discolouration of the ball or the ball becoming soft I find these factors really put pressure on the bowling side and there were challenges earlier that one did not pick the ball because of the discolouration That is an advantage of the bowler and with field restrictions we need to balance that out he saidGive some advantage to the bowlers as well I find that element missing right now Also with the introduction of five fielders in the ring I spoke with some spinners and the overall experience is that we cannot change our line An offspinner is forced to bowl on the middlestump line They cannot deceive a batter The overall opinion is that we have to settle for a defensive line I would say that some adjustments need to be made added TendulkarAlso Read Sachin Tendulkar Virat Kohli and PV Sindhu among those to lose Twitter blue ticksTendulkar recalled suggestions he made earlier of dividing Oneday cricket into four innings of 25 overs each saying that such a change would provide both teams equal opportunities in similar conditions which at the moment get tilted heavily in favour of one side owing to the coin tossI had spoken about the solution sometime ago to have a 2525 over match It is a 50over match but you bat first for 25 overs then the other team bats for 25 overs and you start again from where you stopped at the first 25 overs The only reason I am trying to say this is because a small coin can decide the fate of the game It is no more a competition between two sides one side is favoured by the conditions because the captain has won the toss Once the ball gets wet spinners do not get any purchase off the surface nor are the seamers able to swing the ball If at all anything off the seam for a while he explainedIt does not allow the bowling side to come back in the game In dewy conditions it is really difficult If we divide these overs and get both the sides bat in dry and wet conditions so is the case with the bowlers of course the one who has won the toss has 10 or 15 per cent advantage not 90 per cent Right now it is 90 per cent advantage and that needs to balance out a bitThe Little Master said Test cricket must have all kinds of pitches and tracks that assist seam movement are not the only good surfacesThe game is becoming faster and the newer generation wants to see things happening Who starts a conversation Now I am speaking a different language the person who always asks a question is a bowler If that pitch itself is not interesting enough bowlers will have no option but to choose a defensive line and play a patience game he saidWith PTI inputs