Right now, as things are progressing most chances ODI will die soon but test cricket is going to survive for some time or even take more time than I am expecting because just because of this T-20 now test cricket is also in good shape and mostly test matches are going to end in four days which is good signal for all but in quality we have to do some things which are very important, but ICC is never been interested to bring any positive change because they are having no mind just money in pocket is enough for them.
For future, they need to do some significant changes which can bring good changes and surely good profit for them as well having a calendar for all franchise cricket and giving some good time to bilateral cricket is also important because this is beauty of cricket and franchise is future of cricket.
To be honest, I don't see much future for bilateral cricket. It is a big cash cow for the pig-4 boards and that is the reason why they are sustaining it. The way for cricket to move forward is to play more multi-nation (triangular, quadrangular or even pentangular) series, along with T20 franchise cricket. Test cricket may get restricted to the pig-4, and I don't see much significance for this format among the smaller test nations. It consumes a lot of time, and the players are nowadays not interested in it.
@wiss19 The problem is that the cricket boards are still thinking about the traditional way of playing cricket. And honestly, the time is over. The supporters have already got the taste of league cricket. And I believe it is not going to change. The public will demand tournaments such as the IPL, BPL, BBL, PCL, etc.
@Sithara007 For the survival of cricket, it is also paramount to keep those supporters interested as it is critical to bring in new supporters. In light of this, I believe the International Cricket Council will have to move cricket to the franchisee side from the international side.
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Duke