The recent England vs Australia series has been really stressful for the bowlers. The batsmen are getting great help due to the new two-ball ODI rule and bowlers are struggling.
The God of Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar took to Twitter and criticised the move in rather strong words. In his tweet, he called the new rule a recipe of disaster. He tweeted-
Having 2 new balls in one day cricket is a perfect recipe for disaster as each ball is not given the time to get old enough to reverse. We haven’t seen reverse swing, an integral part of the death overs, for a long time. #ENGvsAUS
Having 2 new balls in one day cricket is a perfect recipe for disaster as each ball is not given the time to get old enough to reverse. We haven’t seen reverse swing, an integral part of the death overs, for a long time. #ENGvsAUS
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) June 21, 2018
Former Pakistani cricketer, Waqar Younis also supported Sachin. He tweeted-
Reason why we don’t produce many attacking fast bowlers..They all very defensive in their approach…always looking for change ups..totally agree with you @sachin_rt reverse swing is almost vanished.. #SAD
Reason why we don’t produce many attacking fast bowlers..They all very defensive in their approach…always looking for change ups..totally agree with you @sachin_rt reverse swing is almost vanished.. #SAD https://t.co/hPHoMXujcr
— Waqar Younis (@waqyounis99) June 21, 2018
New Zealand player Mitchell McClenaghan also supported Sachin. He wrote-
Could it be said any better? – don’t think so!
Could it be said any better? – don’t think so! 👏👏👏
— Mitchell McClenaghan (@Mitch_Savage) June 22, 2018
Well, they do have a right point. Don’t you agree?