<p>Former India coach Ravi Shastri reckons that T20 format is not meant for bilateral series between international teams and the slam-bang style of cricket should be restricted to just World Cup.</p>.<p>Shastri, one of the most successful India coaches, also feels that franchise cricket together with a biennial T20 World Cup is best way forward when it comes to shortest format, considering fans' appetite for it.</p>.<p>Shastri's comments have come, days before India's five-mach T20 series against South Africa.</p>.<p>"...there's too much of bilateral stuff going on in T20 cricket. I've said that (before), even when I was the coach of India, I could see it happening in front of my eyes," Shastri told ESPNcricinfo.</p>.<p>"It should go the football way, where, in T20 cricket, you just play the World Cup. Bilateral tournaments - no one remembers."</p>.<p>Shastri, whose tenure as India coach ended last year, said he doesn't "remember a single (T20) game in the last six-seven years as coach of India, barring the World Cup."</p>.<p>"A team wins the World Cup, they will remember it. Unfortunately, we didn't, so I don't remember that either.</p>.<p>"Where I am coming from is: you play franchise cricket around the globe; each country is allowed to have their franchise cricket, which is their domestic cricket, and then, every two years, you come and play a World Cup."</p>.<p>The IPL media and broadcasting rights for the next five-year cycle are going to go up for sale in June.</p>.<p>Discussing the future of IPL, former India opener Akash Chopra said: "I actually foresee there might be two editions of the IPL in every calendar year. And that's not too far away."</p>.<p>Shastri agreed with Chopra.</p>.<p>"That's the future," he said.</p>.<p>"It could be tomorrow - 140 games, split 70-70. In two seasons. You never know. That's the way it's going to go. That's the way it's developed as a beast of a property. And you cannot hide away from that.</p>.<p>"You might think that's overdose, but nothing is overdose in India. I have been sitting outside the bubble, I have been watching people, how they have seen, how they have reviewed these last few months, especially [after coming] out of Covid. And they are loving every bit of it, and they are almost having withdrawal symptoms."</p>.<p>The 2022 season of IPL ended on Sunday with newcomers Gujarat Titans lifting the trophy. </p>
<p>Former India coach Ravi Shastri reckons that T20 format is not meant for bilateral series between international teams and the slam-bang style of cricket should be restricted to just World Cup.</p>.<p>Shastri, one of the most successful India coaches, also feels that franchise cricket together with a biennial T20 World Cup is best way forward when it comes to shortest format, considering fans' appetite for it.</p>.<p>Shastri's comments have come, days before India's five-mach T20 series against South Africa.</p>.<p>"...there's too much of bilateral stuff going on in T20 cricket. I've said that (before), even when I was the coach of India, I could see it happening in front of my eyes," Shastri told ESPNcricinfo.</p>.<p>"It should go the football way, where, in T20 cricket, you just play the World Cup. Bilateral tournaments - no one remembers."</p>.<p>Shastri, whose tenure as India coach ended last year, said he doesn't "remember a single (T20) game in the last six-seven years as coach of India, barring the World Cup."</p>.<p>"A team wins the World Cup, they will remember it. Unfortunately, we didn't, so I don't remember that either.</p>.<p>"Where I am coming from is: you play franchise cricket around the globe; each country is allowed to have their franchise cricket, which is their domestic cricket, and then, every two years, you come and play a World Cup."</p>.<p>The IPL media and broadcasting rights for the next five-year cycle are going to go up for sale in June.</p>.<p>Discussing the future of IPL, former India opener Akash Chopra said: "I actually foresee there might be two editions of the IPL in every calendar year. And that's not too far away."</p>.<p>Shastri agreed with Chopra.</p>.<p>"That's the future," he said.</p>.<p>"It could be tomorrow - 140 games, split 70-70. In two seasons. You never know. That's the way it's going to go. That's the way it's developed as a beast of a property. And you cannot hide away from that.</p>.<p>"You might think that's overdose, but nothing is overdose in India. I have been sitting outside the bubble, I have been watching people, how they have seen, how they have reviewed these last few months, especially [after coming] out of Covid. And they are loving every bit of it, and they are almost having withdrawal symptoms."</p>.<p>The 2022 season of IPL ended on Sunday with newcomers Gujarat Titans lifting the trophy. </p>