T20 Vs Test Cricket

Ever since the advent of T2o cricket a raging debate is going on that the T20 David will slowly smother the Goliaths of cricket ODI's and Tests to sleep. People are wary of the fact that more and more crowd is enjoying the shortest format of the game. T20 in itself is considered as "tamasha" cricket by most of the pundits of the game. Its all wham bham and gone in just over 3 hours. While some said its no the game for the veterans, they were considered too slow and too technical for this fast paced version of the game. But they were proven wrong it's the Gilly's the warne's the Kumble's who have delivered breath taking knocks or spells that have helped their respective teams to post impressive wins...add Haydos to the list of veterans who have knocked the winds out of the youngsters.
Coming back to the point of T20 vs the other traditional forms of the game, I say all the three forms will exist peacefully alongside the others. When ODi's came into the picture the same fears were expressed for the longest form of the game, Test match cricket. Well its going to be four decades now that the two forms have existed. When it comes to the spectators losing interest in the longer versions, there are two classes of the game audience the Purist and the Pretenders. The Purist are those who love the game, the battle between ball and bat, they love the boring first day of test cricket to the exciting final session of play of a test.They love a low scoring ODI they cheer for a high scoring game. They love the fast pace of the newest version too. They love the game in totality It doesn't matter which format it is. I watch English county cricket, Australian Sheffield cup, and I watch the Ranji's too besides the regular internationals.
So I may not go to the ground to watch the match but I will be watching on TV and as long as TV audience is there The game is bound to grow and make profit too.
Well the pretenders are those who watch the T20's for fun for the cheer leaders to the music to the flowing spirit in the grounds. They watch it for fun and they are not serious about the game. The pretenders are good for the game because they are adding to the Purist population of cricket lovers.They may switch on to the longer versions too once they realise how interesting each format can be. Each format has its charm once the newbies See's it , we will have a whole lot of new cricket lovers, lovers of the beautiful game not of formats of the game. T20 is the nectar that will entice a whole lot of people to the game.
All you people losing sleep over T20's taking over cricket ... relax and enjoy the Ashes, see how the Aussies were supposed to win but they are not winning, its all because of the beauty of swing bowling which rarely makes an impact in a T20 game.
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