Whoever wins Sunday’s World Cup between Australia and India will barely get a chance to celebrate, thanks to cricket’s relentless international schedule.
The two giants of global cricket will battle it out for ODI supremacy in Ahmedabad.
India are red hot favourites to win their third ODI World Cup, while Australia are aiming to claim their sixth trophy in the 50-over format.
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But spare a thought for the players, who will need to cut their celebrations short to prepare for a five-match bilateral T20 series that begins in India on Friday.
Already this year, India and Australia have played each other in a four-match Test series, the World Test championship Final in England and two separate ODI series. That’s before even mentioning the seven-week ODI World Cup, which began in October and is finally about to wrap up.
The scheduling of the relatively meaningless T20 series straight after...
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