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T10 format could be cricket's gateway into the Olympics, says Afridi
Former Pakistan allrounder Shahid Afridihas put his weight behind T10 cricket, saying the new format could be cricket's gateway into the Olympics. Afridi, playing in his second season of the T10 League with the Pakhtoons, said he has been greatly encouraged by the league's growth and sees ten-over cricket as the perfect format for introducing a wider audience to the game.
"I think this is the best cricket you can introduce in the Olympic Games," Afridi told ESPNcricinfo. "I think you can take the game there and show the world what cricket is all about. I think this is the perfect format to introduce cricket and we are all enjoying it, which is the main thing."
England's Eoin Morgan had endorsed a similar view during the inaugural season of the T10 League last year, stating that T10 cricket was easiest on the eye.
"I think T10 could be something you could potentially propose to an Olympic committee," Morgan had told ESPNcricinfo. "When you look at the T20 game, it goes on for a little bit longer, so if you are talking about playing a role in the Olympics then you'd probably have ten teams or more and that would probably last five or six weeks. But a ten-over league could be done in about eight days which could be right."
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