"ODI cricket is slowly dying," says Usman Khawaja

Australian Test cricketer Usman Khawaja has claimed that one-day international cricket is slowly dying and the format is ranked last out of the three formats.

Ben Stokes recently took retirement from the ODI format and said that playing all formats is not sustainable for modern players anymore. His retirement has sparked a heated debate between the cricketing fraternity and the International Cricket Council (ICC) regarding managing players' workload.

The Pakistan-born player said that it is expected since the schedule has become extremely tough for the players.

"My own personal opinion - I know a few of the guys are very similar - you've got Test cricket, which is the pinnacle, you've got T20 cricket, which obviously has leagues around the world, great entertainment, everyone loves it, and then there's one-day cricket," he said.

"I feel like that's probably the third-ranked out of all of them. I think personally one-day cricket is dying a slow death...there's still the World Cup, which I think is really fun and it's enjoyable to watch, but other than that, even myself personally, I'm probably not into one-day cricket as much either," the left-handed batter added.