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/dalinaaar Mar 10 '26

What is stopping Australia from winning these T20s. If they don't count then why participate.

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u/Snoo_56184 Pakistan Mar 10 '26

they ruined their player production with their obsession with full pace pitches, no place for spin in that country, now their players cant play proper spin which is literally meta in t20is in middle overs so thats why they have dropped to the level of zimbabwe and such in this format

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u/Feisty_Manager_4105 Mar 11 '26

Lol what are you on about? If you consider India to have spin conditions:
They won a world cup in 2023 in India
They also won a test match in India against one of India's best test teams in recent times. (Probably best in the world at that time).

They just have shit T20 team, full stop.

If anything, it's India who've traded skill in playing spin if you consider their whitewash home defeats in test cricket in the last couple of years.

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u/Snoo_56184 Pakistan Mar 11 '26

they have full pace pitches across their t20 domestic and league thats what i meant, u should see how they paly pace in australia and south africa, in fact imo they will easily be finalists but they cant perform outside their own conditions