Currently, one ICC event (T20 World Cup 2024) is being played, while the next ICC tournament is scheduled to be played 8 months from now, which will be played in February-March 2025. The tournament is the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, which is to be hosted by Pakistan. The tournament is making a comeback after 8 years, which will be played in ODI format. However, Team India is going to prepare for this ODI tournament by playing T20 cricket.
Indeed, T20 World Cup Between 2024 and ICC Champions Trophy 2025, the Indian team will have the opportunity to play only 6 ODI internationals, while the Indian team will play 10 Tests and 16 T20 Internationals in the meantime. Team India’s schedule is certainly busy before February 2025, but India will play only 6 ODI international matches. Not only this, one ODI series is in July 2024 and another ODI series is in February 2025.
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As a rule, the Indian team will get only three ODI matches to settle its playing eleven, as the three-match ODI series on the tour of Sri Lanka in July will not be as expected. In such a situation, the three-match ODI series against England in February next year will be crucial for Team India’s preparation for the ICC Champions Trophy, from which the combination will be prepared.
Usually, when an ICC tournament is coming up, the Indian team plays only one cricket, but this time it doesn’t seem like that, as only three ODI matches have been played since the ODI World Cup, in which no key players have played. Who will play in the ODI series in July also cannot be confirmed as the Indian team has been playing cricket for a long time. However, the chances of this happening are slim.
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India have five T20I matches against Zimbabwe, 3 T20I matches against Sri Lanka, 3 T20I matches against Bangladesh and 5 T20I matches against England. In between, the Indian team will play three ODIs against Sri Lanka in July and the same number of ODIs against England in February 2025. For this reason, the Indian team has to prepare for the ICC ODI Champions Trophy through T20 cricket.
This six in 6 ODI matches could also sink Team India’s fortunes, as ODI and T20 cricket, though played with the Kookaburra white ball, require different mindsets. Both are also prepared in different ways. Apart from this, the team combination is also slightly different, as there the bowlers have to bowl 10 overs in a few hours. In such a situation, are only 6 ODI matches enough to prepare for a mega event? This question will be for everyone.