TBH i kinda like the qualifier tournament, there is much drama here than the world cup in some cases, and since most of the teams are same quality and the test teams that are playing are not on the level of the big guns, most matches are competitive
Associates get a good confidence boost in this tournament, In world cup associates may cause one or two upsets, but at the end its always the big boys who end up in the semies
I say keep the format as it is, even make it a 8 team world cup instead of 10, get Bangladesh and Afg in qualifier scenario as well. get a fare ODI super league where each team has equal chance of home and away games. if we still qualify straight then we deserve to play world cup straight, otherwise I wouldn't mind us facing the qualification slugfest.
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