T20 seems to be currently, the most popular version of cricket. When Kerry Packer introduced the ODI World Series in the 1970s it became immensely popular as the version of the game (then it was 60 over ODIs) was short and ended in one day. Since then a lot of ODIs have been played around the world, and until recently it was the most popular version of Cricket.
T20 was first introduced by the English in 2003. It was, to add some flavour to big hitting in Cricket. Although, it was not adopted by many Test playing nations at first, it has now gained a lot of popularity. The recently concluded IPL T20 League and the initial T20 World Cup last year proves this fact. Big crowds, big hitting, big scores and also carnival-like atmosphere has made this version, a so-much-to-talk-about thing among cricket fans.
As this T20 has gained so much popularity, will it replace the 50 over version i.e. ODIs? It may be possible to do so, but some cricket pundits don't seem to be liking this new version. What most of them say, is that T20 is too short to measure the talent and commitment a team puts into the game. And some others tell that a 30 over game would be better off. But, even if such a 30 over game is introduced, who knows whether there would be another set of pundits to oppose it as well.
Anyway, what we cricket fans will all have to do, is to sit and cheer our favourite team to victory.
Let ICC do all the rulings and changes to the game. But, it won't be that bad for us to have something in the back of our minds: popularity will be the key for the existence of any of these versions of Cricket.
T20 was first introduced by the English in 2003. It was, to add some flavour to big hitting in Cricket. Although, it was not adopted by many Test playing nations at first, it has now gained a lot of popularity. The recently concluded IPL T20 League and the initial T20 World Cup last year proves this fact. Big crowds, big hitting, big scores and also carnival-like atmosphere has made this version, a so-much-to-talk-about thing among cricket fans.
As this T20 has gained so much popularity, will it replace the 50 over version i.e. ODIs? It may be possible to do so, but some cricket pundits don't seem to be liking this new version. What most of them say, is that T20 is too short to measure the talent and commitment a team puts into the game. And some others tell that a 30 over game would be better off. But, even if such a 30 over game is introduced, who knows whether there would be another set of pundits to oppose it as well.
Anyway, what we cricket fans will all have to do, is to sit and cheer our favourite team to victory.
Let ICC do all the rulings and changes to the game. But, it won't be that bad for us to have something in the back of our minds: popularity will be the key for the existence of any of these versions of Cricket.
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