Former India Take a look at opener Aakash Chopra has come ahead and questioned the introduction of the 6ixty, a model new T10 idea formally introduced by Cricket West Indies (CWI) not too long ago. The tenth version of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) can be performed in August this 12 months, but it surely might play a second fiddle to the 6ixty.
Questioning the brand new format, Chopra mentioned he’s not satisfied with the gradual overrate and ‘thriller free hit’ guidelines and added that the bowlers would needlessly be on the receiving finish if a workforce fails to bowl their allotted quota of 10 overs throughout the stipulated time interval of 45 minutes.
It’s T10 with a twist: Aakash Chopra
“Take a look at matches was timeless, it was drawn as soon as as a result of a workforce would have missed their ship. Then got here ODI cricket – that additionally went from 60 to 50 overs, then T20 got here, and now T10 has come. I imply how a lot will you alter the sport, the 6ixty goes to come back. It’s T10 with a twist,” mentioned Aakash Chopra mentioned on his YouTube channel.
“This is superb that in 45 minutes if you happen to don’t bowl your 10 overs, you’ll have to area with one much less participant within the final over. Yet one more attention-grabbing factor is you could create a ‘thriller free hit’, the spectators can determine that by means of an internet site or app. It should abruptly come on the large display, the bowler will say what’s his mistake,” he added.
So far as CWI’s new T10 format is anxious, it’ll characteristic six males’s and three ladies’s groups and can be performed in St. Kitts and Nevis from August 24 to twenty-eight. The event concludes simply two days forward of the graduation of the CPL 2022. In the meantime, by deciding to launch the 6ixty, Cricket West Indies additionally grew to become the primary full-member board to provide you with its personal model of the T10 league.
