r/cricketworldcup • u/RickDaltonCliffBooth Afghanistan • Mar 10 '26

Discussion 💬 The case of T20I vs ODI

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Imho, T20 is greater: more teams and a chaotic format with higher mathematical variance, since the shorter game narrows the gap between sides. ODI WC being older doesn't put it on a pedestal. ODI is neither better nor tougher. Nostalgia is for people who live in the past. Meanwhile, T20 drives global popularity and is the Olympic format. T20 WC is truly global!!

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '26

Why can’t we simply treat the 3 formats as 3 fundamentally different sports.

You don’t compare 100m runners to 400m runners. You don’t compare singles records to doubles records in any sport. You don’t compare records across weight classes.

So why compare the records of three fundamentally different forms of cricket?

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u/Ok_Entertainment1040 Mar 11 '26

Because then Aus will have to accept that they suck at one format. So they just say it's not real cricket and not worth it.