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ODI CRICKET : A DYNAMIC ENTITY

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"You know all these runs scored nowadays makes no sense. It was tough to get 200+ in an One Day International with a right balance between Bat and ball", murmured an Once Die-Hard cricket fan to his son, when he got ecstatic after watching AB de Villiers smothering the West Indian bowlers at Sydney in the World Cup. Although it didn't help in the father's favour, yet he was sure his son would understand it soon enough. Source: Financial Express Starting from the fielding restrictions to the club-like bats to the outrageous shots, probably ODI cricket has seen more than what Pandora saw after opening the box. As the above pic of the South African star depicts, if a cricket fan from say, 20 years ago happens to see this image, he/she might be thinking the batsman just posed after a false shot. However it'd come as a great shock after knowing that it went for a BOUNDARY !! Yes, A BLOODY BOUNDARY !! The popularity of ODI cricket on the international sc...