Complex sentence: The BCCI was originally reluctant to commit to playing the short form of the game and it never made to the final list of events for games.50-over format of cricket was once part of 1998 Commonwealth games.
Split into simpler sentences: The BCCI was originally reluctant to commit to playing the short form of the game and it never made to the final list of events for games. Interestingly, 50-over format of cricket was once part of 1998 Commonwealth games.