Ind vs NZ: ‘I think Rules …’, Moin Ali’s statement about ODI cricket before the Champions Trophy final surprised the cricket world

Moeen Ali on ODI Cricket Ahead of Ind vs Nz Champions Trophy 2025: Former England cricketer Moin Ali said that the changes in the rules in the ODI format have made it “the worst format to play”, said that the 50 -over game “ICC Cricket World Cup and Champions Trophy has completely gone out of the trophy” because the powerplay and two balls are suited to batting. Moin was talking to TalkSport cricket, as Wisden quoted. Notable, England have not spent the best time in the ODI recently, in 2023, India failed badly with only three wins in the nine matches in defense of its ICC Cricket World Cup title in India. Although he somehow struggled to reach the Champions Trophy, he recently ended his campaign without winning three matches.

Speaking on TalkSport cricket, Moin said, “Apart from the World Cup and Champions Trophy, this format is almost completely out. It is the worst format to play and I think there are many reasons for it.” Moin said that the rule of placing an additional fielder inside the circle (a total of four fielders outside the 30-yard-circle, reduced from the first five, was “terrible” in 2012 because it is not easy to put pressure on batsmen.

“I think the rules are terrible. Keeping additional fielders after the first powerplay, I think it is a terrible rule to take wickets, to create any kind of pressure. For this reason, players are now making an average of 60, 70 in ODI cricket. When you are bowling on someone and you put a little pressure on it, then it is not even a batsman and it is not a bats. This option is always available (to score), “Moin said.

Moin also said that the use of two balls from both ends in ODI cricket, a rule which was also implemented in the early 2010s, has eliminated reverse swing from the game, which is benefiting the batsmen. “Apart from all this, you have two new balls, you lose reverse swing, you lose the art of trying to kill a soft ball. Everything is always in the middle and it is crisp and it fly with your bat and the stuff. I think that for these reasons, the cricket is just dead. The 50 -over cricket has died,” Moin further said. “

The former all -rounder also said that franchise cricket around the world is also “eating” on ODI. “The problem is that the money that is there and the money is being thrown there. It is so high that people cannot reject it. It is very difficult. There are people who are going to retire from international cricket to play franchise cricket in the next few years,” said Moin.

The World Cup 2019 winner Moin represented England in 138 ODIs with England, scoring 2,355 runs at an average of over 24 with three centuries and six fifties and took 111 wickets. He will play the Indian Premier League (IPL) with defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) this season.