“Rules for the World Cup need to be tweaked to allow 16-member squads for the tournament,” he said. Also Read: Dhoni, Rohit kept motivating me for WC- Kuldeep after poor IPLTrue, historically the World Cup has always had 15-member squads. While the World Cup rules provide for replacements during the tournament, it is only for serious injuries, not minor ones. It seems incongruous that for bilateral series’, 16-member squads are the norm (in some cases going up to 17-18! There is one other aspect that the ICC should consider for the World Cup, which is to do with the play-offs.

Source: Hindustan Times May 17, 2019 02:48 UTC