Men in Blue begin ODI World Cup roadmap
The article previews the upcoming three-match ODI series between India and the West Indies, emphasizing its role as India's roadmap for the World Cup. It highlights the high demand for tickets, the format's appeal over T20, and the presence of star players like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who are nearing significant career milestones.
Why it matters
This series is crucial for India's World Cup preparations, allowing them to test strategies and players. It also offers fans a chance to witness cricketing legends like Kohli and Sharma, who are in the twilight of their careers, achieve new records.
They were gone. All those thousands of tickets. Gone in a matter of hours. A young cricket fan, who lives near the Greenfield Stadium, still blames himself for not logging in a bit earlier on the day ticket sales opened. He tried the black market, too, though it would have cost him three times the actual price, but no ticket was available.
So much for all those talks about the meaninglessness of bilateral ODI series. The 50-over format has its own charms. Granted, it is no Test match. Nothing is. But it offers an awful lot more than T20 cricket.
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