ICC Cricket World Cup News - Powerplay in ODI

When the concept of Powerplay was introduced in the One Day International (ODI) cricket game, captains of all teams follwed a set way or pattern of dealing with Powerplays. However, if one must have noticed, in the last over one year, most of the ODI cricket games have swung either way in those important 20 overs of Powerplays. This 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup will be no different.

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The word Powerplay in ODI Cricket matches was meant to be those 20 overs in each half, where one could expect a lot of big hitting by the batsmen but intrestingly, teams in the recent past have understood the fact that with Powerplay comes a lot more responsibility. These days many teams have changed their strategies playing in the Powerplay overs. The bowling side captains and coaches more than concentrating on the initial and final death overs spend a lot of time formulating ideas and strategies on how to play the Powerplay overs.

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In the coming ICC Cricket ODI World Cup stating in February 2011, it will be interesting to see how the captains and coaches tackle the bowling Powerplays. With players like Yusuf Pathan and Shahid Afridi batting in the Powerplays, they really do not care where the feilders are placed. They only think of hitting the ball out of the stadium.

Let's wait and watch how the teams negotiate the Powerplay overs in this ICC ODI world Cup