Well, suddenly I found I am religious. Cricket. Reason: I find the this masquerade T20 cricket against my religion. I don't want to be identified as old- fashioned and I am not. T20 is a very good entertainment. I watch it all the time. I just want to copyright the word 'Cricket' and I don't want T20 to use the word Cricket. Because THIS is NOT Cricket.
Its really painful to see a zombied Styne or Laxman. The good things about Styne is the length and the speed. And, in T20, he goes for runs for the same reason. And to see Laxman trying to slog is really really awful.
In T20 bowlers have been turned into a disrepectful role of serving the ball, not bowling the ball. The contest is between their bats and our bats. And here is the point. Cricket is a contest between their bats against our balls and our bats against their balls. I really really like cricket. Test is the literally the 'test' of individuals and teams. Only good things come through. One dayer also test you if the wicket is made for 250. Not 350.
I am not whining about this. T20 does pull more people. But, this IPL thing has got so many mediocre players and moments. Now, extraordinary battings by Pathans, Haydens is a PR gimmick. They are batting against very ordinary bowlers. RR could not get 19 runs off Zak and Malinga in last 2 overs.
T20 is alright for weekend night entertainment on TV. Movie of the month, week, day, whatever. But don't call it cricket.
Enough 'whining'. Now good things. We got Saurabh Tiwary, Rayadu for Mumbai. Pujara for KKR. and maybe many more. Now in IPL, they get to play world class bowlers. Similarly, there is Nagar bowling for Delhi. Got pace. Bowling to good batters from around the world. That will toughen them up for International Cricket. IPL is still evolving a great deal. And it is set to benefit Indian pool of players.
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