ICC CEO: Era of randomly scheduled bilateral series must end

Cricket is a sport played between countries, and these matches are called bilateral series.

A man named Sanjoy Gupta, who is the boss of the ICC, the group that runs international cricket, made an important statement.

He said that randomly scheduled bilateral series have to stop.

He thinks countries cannot keep cricket alive without context, culture, competition, and competitiveness.

He believes this will take a lot of money and other resources to fix.

Meanwhile, new cricket leagues called franchise leagues are becoming very popular.

These leagues are a big threat to the older style of country-versus-country cricket.

Because of this, the future of One Day Internationals, a type of cricket match, is in danger.

Even fans, experts, and some players say it is hard to see why three-match ODI series should continue.

Gupta shared his thoughts with the news agency PTI.

In short, the way international cricket matches are scheduled needs to change.