With the situation getting worse every day due to the Coronavirus outbreak around the planet, the ongoing global health crisis has upended all areas of life including the sporting world.
The COVID-19 outbreak is continued to wreak havoc all over the world as the global tally stands at 3,819,312 infections with 265,098 deaths till now.
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While the sports including cricket all over the world hit hard by the COVID-19 attack, there are high chances that the pandemic would impact the future of the games with there still is no clue that when the games resume and situation come to normalcy.
Well, the critical situation might lead fans to lost their sporting interest a bit in vying to save the life, however, former Australian cricketer Brad Hogg has a suggestion on how to attract the audience post-COVID-19 era which forced the world to lockdown themselves at home.
Hogg has recently uploaded a video of himself on his YouTube channel, where he said that the ongoing global pandemic has opened the door for ultimate cricket rebirth.
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He further went on to suggest that the ongoing World Test Championship should be replaced with an Ashes series and a high-voltage series between arch-rivals India and Pakistan to ignite the interest around the world when cricket returns to the field.
Hogg said on his YouTube channel, “The pandemic has opened the door for ultimate cricket rebirth. Viewers want to see some competitive cricket, so scrap the World Test Championship (WTC) for a while and get a couple of series that are really going to ignite the interest around the world.”
He added, “Firstly, scrap this summer’s India series against Australia and have the Ashes played instead. But on the flip side of not having India there, where do they play? They play a four-match series against Pakistan during the Christmas period -- two matches in Pakistan and two matches in India.”
India and Pakistan have not played any bilateral cricket for the past 8 years due to the political tensions between the two neighbors except ICC tournaments and Asia Cup and Hogg feels the fans are eager to see a series between the two old foes.
The Aussie signed off by saying, “We have not seen it (Indo-Pak Test series) for a while and the public is starving for it.”
(With IANS Inputs)
