Is 20-20 cricket a mere tamasha and mockery of cricket ?

Question

How would u feel if u fasrforward while watching a movie on screen ? How will u feel if the speed of a motor playing an audio cassette is suddenly increased ? So they are doing with the game of cricket..Fastfood, fastmusic,Fastmoney, fastdriving, fastcricket, fastsex and fastdeath..!

Answer 1

soccer makes every individual in all other countries except India go crazy.. huh we cant play football to the class of Europeans and so we disguised our weakness of playing football by organizing twenty over cricket.

          " ITS AS PERFECT AS INDIAN POLITICS "

Answer 2

there is no harm to the game of cricket after 20 -20.

every person has a new taste and accordingly they enjoy.

Answer 3

I bet you were born before Independence of India, and yearn for good old days. In the modern times we do not have 5 days to kill. We are in a fast paced society. We need our entertainment also in short doses.

Answer 4

its instant cricket

Answer 5

the compariaions u have made are not appropriate concerning 20-20

i think 20-20 has increased the popularity, the fun and brought in more viewers. its a lot of fun.

and frankly speaking there are few people willing to watch a test for 5 days to see a draw at the end.

i think all forms of cricket have their role to play in the game.

Answer 6

It is neither a mockery nor a mere tamasha as you say. It is a

game altered to suite big time sluggers at the cost of the bowlers and fielders. Yes it is all fast and as we go there will

some changes made over years.

It is not pure cricket and the skills of a true cricket player are not

exposed. What is exposed are how well the batsman adjust

himself to strike the ball. It is almost like play and a miss and

if you connect either you score or out or no score.

T20 has a chance for explosion in other countries as well and

could very well end up in Olympics as well.

I agree with all your Fasts....but too early to say Fastdeath!!!!

Answer 7

If it doesnt detract from other forms of the game then it is a blessing to the game.

Answer 8

Okay, look, it is not like the game's been speeded up from it's normal pace. Its just played in a different way. Think ODI cricket. A team batting second, chasing a score of 300, will aim to keep wickets in hand until the 30th over, scoring 130-140 for the loss of no more than 3 wickets. This would leave them 20 overs to score 160-170 with 7 wickets in hand. If, for example, two wickets fall in the 30th over, then you will have two new batsman at the crease to do this job. The chase would then be a most enthralling one, with the batsmen trying to get their eye in, up the scoring rate and prevent the loss of too many further wickets as they go about trying to get the 300 required for victory. A successful chase is enjoyed and remembered for a long time by the fans, while the bowlers who can successfully defend this total are given plaudits for possessing the skills to bowl at the death.

This is essentially what T20 cricket is about. The whole game is "chasing practice", one in which batsmen attempt to see whether they can score at 8 an over (or more) for 20 overs, and bowlers try to stop the batsmen from scoring so fast, and the fielding captain tries to set the right field to help his bowlers. The format cuts through the fluff and gets right down to business, sparing viewers the need to watch 5 extra hours of cricket.

Even within the 20 overs, strategies on rates of scoring and bowling changes are key. For example, a batting team first may decide to try to score 50 runs in the first 6 overs (during fielding restrictions), similar to Sri Lanka's strategy of trying to score 100 in 15 overs during the 96 World Cup. The batsman, having achieved this, will usually slow down, scoring another 35-40 runs in the next six while trying not to get out, taking the score to 85 or 90 in 12 overs. With wickets in hand, the batting team will then try to double this score by the 20th over, getting to 170-180 as a good, competitive score.

Bowlers will have to work out ways to disrupt the batmen's rhythm, take wickets at crucial times, and bowl well at the death to prevent the batting team from, say, doubling its score at the 12th over, trying, perhaps, to keep the score to a manageable 150-160.

Teams batting second will have a different set of strategies/tactics, designed to successfully chase totals on different pitches and weather conditions, while the bowlers will have to come up with yet more plans to defend their team's total and cope with, for example, dew and other impediments to bowling.

Thus, as you can see, a whole range of skills, strategies and techniques will crop up within a few years as the T20 format is played with more regularity, making it a proper game and one in which the fans can judge and appreciate the players' abilities by a yardstick not used before, because T20 is a different game to that of ODIs or Tests.

Answer 9

T20 format of cricket is meant for people who wants entertainment and excitement and not bothered about the class, skill or technique of players.

Answer 10

T20  will  benefit ODI cricket,it will give new shots to ODIs

Like  the  Misbah ul haq   shot  to fine leg boundary and all.

Answer 11

No....it's a blessing to the cricketers! It is making the game more popular and people are becoming more passionate about cricket! Now a days every guy loves cricket and wants to become a cricketer! 20-20 is a game full of entertainment and excitement! 20-20 rockzzzzzzz!

Answer 12

If a form of cricket (in this case 20/20) increases the popularity of the game then I'm all for it. Why should cricket (or any sport for that matter) stay still and not evolve? It shouldn't and there is nothing wrong with adding new formats and experimenting with them. This is just the entertainment side of the sport and should be enjoyed for what it is, a bit of fun away from the serious Test arena. It doesn't detract from the longer forms of the game and shouldn't be seen as doing so (for the time being at least).