India, Aug. 12 -- Former South Africa cricketer Jonty Rhodes has said there could be fewer bilateral ODI series in the future, but said it is difficult to imagine cricket without the 50-over format. Rhodes believes fans will continue to turn up to support their teams regardless of the format, while acknowledging that the 50-over game could face challenges in the years ahead.

"When T20 cricket first started, people were saying it is going to put pressure on Test cricket and amazingly it has not. Some of the Test cricket looks like T20 at times, there is some aggressive batting and bowling," Rhodes told the media during the jersey launch of European T20 Premier League (ETPL) team Rotterdam Dockers here on Tuesday. Rotterdam Dockers, co-own...