Mumbai: Australian skipper Ricky Ponting feels the seven ODIs against India are a case of two too many and the series should have been a best-of-five affair to keep the players motivated.
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"It (seven-match ODI bilateral series) is probably too many. Five is enough head-to-head in any one series. We all know the reasons we are playing these seven-game series," the Australian captain said today, hinting that money made by the cricket boards was the sole criteria for having such a long series.
Australia played a best-of-seven contest against England in August-September and would be competing in the lengthy ODI rubber against India from October 25.
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Ponting said long-drawn-out contests result in inconsequential matches and players lose focus once the result becomes clear.
