I just found some tangibles which indicate that Twenty20 matches have it in them to become a rage in India. One of them is this: My mom watched an entire Twenty20 game between Essex & Middlesex a few weeks ago. And she was enjoying it. Now THAT is not normal. She normally cannot sit through even 5 minutes in a ODI, leave alone Tests. So basically this format has some zing which makes even the teams playing it irrelevant. Thats why I think it will work wonders for India's 1st Class circuit. If not more, it'll at least develop some good hitters and death-overs bowlers. My suggestion for the selectors: Make a Twenty20 team for international matches that has only young players from the current international squad along with a few good hitters coming out of the 1st Class circuit.
Purists will keep ranting like they did when ODIs were first introduced. They then claimed that ODIs would destroy Tests. They now claim that Twenty20 will destroy ODIs. That ODIs have enhanced Test matches where teams now go for results with aggressive gameplans is the actual effect.
Purists will keep ranting like they did when ODIs were first introduced. They then claimed that ODIs would destroy Tests. They now claim that Twenty20 will destroy ODIs. That ODIs have enhanced Test matches where teams now go for results with aggressive gameplans is the actual effect.
