Tournament executive Ratnakar Shetty, seen here in 2010, pronounced which a format of this month’s cricket World Cup was tweaked to give India as well as alternative large teams a improved possibility of more advanced in a tournament.
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NEW DELHI (AFP) – The format of this month’s cricket World Cup was tweaked to give India as well as alternative large teams a improved possibility of more advanced in a tournament, a tip organiser pronounced upon Wednesday.
Tournament executive Ratnakar Shetty described a early exit of India as well as Pakistan from a final World Cup, played in a Caribbean, as a “disaster” for a eventuality as well as pronounced a format was altered to equivocate a repeat.
The quarter-final format, initial used in 1996 prior to being discarded, has been regenerated this time to safeguard any group plays a smallest of 6 group-stage matches even if they do not have a subsequent round.
In a 2007 World Cup, teams were widely separated in to 4 groups of 4 any with a tip dual more advanced to a Super-Eights joining turn prior to a semi-finals.
In a arriving tournament, a fourteen teams have been in dual groups with a tip 4 in any subordinate for a knock-out rounds.
“I will not be honest if you contend no,” Shetty told a espnstar.com website when asked if a format had been written to foster a tip group similar to India.
“Economically, you all know which India is a monetary powerhouse of cricket. The exit of India as well as Pakistan from a 2007 World Cup was a mess for a tournament.
“The sponsors, broadcasters, debate operators, West Indies house — all mislaid a lot of money. The format was altered in such a approach which it gives all a tip teams a possibility to compete.”
Shetty, who is additionally a arch executive military officer of a Indian cricket board, sought to reduce confidence fears which customarily dog high-profile tournaments in a sub-continent.
“The sub-continent has a own share of issues, with a greatest plea being security,” he said. “It is somewhat opposite from how it would be if a contest was to be staged in England or Australia.
“Things have altered in a final dual years,” he said. “The military have a resource of invariably monitoring a confidence issues.
“The hazard notice varies from group to team, as well as which is an aspect which is being looked in to by a executive government.”
The World Cup, being co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka as well as Bangladesh, starts upon Feb 19.
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