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Kevin Pietersen has dismissed Lalit Modi\u2019s forecast that England\u2019s 100-ball franchise league, The Hundred, will fade away within a few years and eventually be reshaped into a Twenty20 product. The debate comes as the ECB-run competition prepares for its next edition, with Pietersen insisting the tournament will not disappear and will instead evolve.<\/p>\n

Pietersen\u2019s response to Modi\u2019s \u201cdeath within three years\u201d claim<\/h2>\n
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  1. Pietersen pushed back on Modi\u2019s view that The Hundred cannot sustain itself in the long term.<\/li>\n
  2. Reacting to the prediction on social media, Pietersen wrote that The Hundred would not die in three years and would become a T20-style competition within that timeframe.<\/li>\n
  3. When a fan commented on his post, Pietersen added that the format would be altered to resemble the UK version of the IPL, with the structure shifting to T20.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What Lalit Modi argued on the Overlap Cricket podcast<\/h2>\n
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    1. Speaking with Michael Vaughan on the Overlap Cricket podcast, Modi made a blunt prediction that The Hundred would \u201cdie\u201d and would be completely finished within three years.<\/li>\n
    2. Modi framed his reasoning around the competition\u2019s scheduling and the limited promotional runway, saying the tournament is positioned in August and that there is little time to build momentum.<\/li>\n
    3. He criticised what he described as a lack of marketing and promotion, claiming there is no meaningful push behind the league.<\/li>\n
    4. Modi also argued that the broadcaster has limited incentive to promote it, describing the situation as one where there is no substantial money flowing into the tournament.<\/li>\n
    5. He stressed that franchise owners expect a return on investment, and in his view that return comes primarily from media rights rather than other revenue streams.<\/li>\n
    6. Modi further pointed to the 100-ball format itself, claiming it fails to connect emotionally with fans in a way that traditional T20 structures do.<\/li>\n
    7. On the question of consumer demand, he asked whether viewers would buy a Sky package specifically for The Hundred for just one month.<\/li>\n
    8. He argued that the UK is not an \u201cadvertisement-driven\u201d market and suggested that subscription revenue is where the strength lies, aligning with Sky\u2019s subscriber-based approach.<\/li>\n
    9. Modi added that cricket viewers in the UK tend to compete for attention around major windows such as the Ashes or when India tours, noting that those periods stretch for roughly four to five months\u2014whereas The Hundred occupies a far shorter one-month slot.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The Hundred is organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). The inaugural tournament took place in 2021, and the next edition is set to start on July 21, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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