Damaging cricket

Yea,definitely,I think so.People are more fascinated by the 20-20 ersion of cricket that hardly anybody takes interest in Test cricket.

It seems that even ODIs have become outdated!

I think BCCI should take more concern about the decrease in popularity of test cricket and reduce the amount of 20-20 matches.Also,instead of devoting more time to 20-20,some more care can be given to ODIs and Test cricket.

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One thing which is pretty much sure it is that test cricket is the real cricket. And so if a player is good in playing test cricket than he is a true cricketer. But the 2020 format of the game is something which is meant for complete entertainment and nothing else. You don't need to much of scales to play well in this format of the games. If you have the power to hit and the timing then you can do wonders without any real talent. Apart from that in this part of the game there is no scope of team returning back to the game if they have lost it in the early stages. What I mean to say is that if any team lost early wickets in their starting overs than they cannot make a comeback after that the cause they will lose their good hitting batsman's and that will mean the game is lost in the early stage league. But if you're in a one-day format of the game when you still have 50 ovrs to play and you can make a comeback.

Apart from that the 2020 part of the game is completely batsman favourable conditions. Any team which has to be competitive both sides should be strong. The bowling department is brutalised in this format of the game and that is the reason why I don't feel it is a real test of character for any regiment. All in all I personally feel that 2020 is just taking over the skills from the players to play a big innings and that is the reason why they will lose their temperament. Already know this is a test match doesn't want to continue till the last day. Most of the time we have results are as previously there were a lot of matches being drawn between the two teams. This clearly indicates the batsmen are not getting the technique to survive a long period of time.

I beg to differ. I believe the shorter versions of the game have shown the players and the fans what can be achieved. Remember the days when scoring 220 in an ODI was a good enough to give the opposition scares. But today even a score of 300 seems to be a par score. With 70 to win from 7 overs doesn't look like an impossible tast in an ODI after the arrival of T-20 format.

Also to be noticed is the fact that after the popularity of huge scoring ODI even more number of tests have started giving results. In the 80s and early 90s only a couple of matches in a 5 match test series would provide a result but today hardly do we find drawn tests. teams are scoring at rates of 3.5 and 4 even in tests. This gives the match a good chance of yielding a result. The more aggressive the players are the better chance for both bowlers and batsmen to succeed.

Ever wondered why Aussies win so many of their matches? Because they play T-20, ODI or tests in the same aggressive way.

would u imagine a paddle sweep or a reverse sweep or a scoop over the fine leg being played in a tests if T-20 or ODI hadn't been there? these innovative shots are a result of the faster shorter versions of the game which put pressure on the batsmen to score ever more quickly.

There is a positive and negative to every issue in the world so I won't say its all hunky dory for tests that ODI and T-20 are here. But surely the advantages will outweigh the disadvantages if one analyzes the issue rationally without any bias.

to a certain extend it is... but see the positive side,,it brings lot of money, which is today's need.And what about new talent..If only test cricket was played.. 80% of the raw talent would not reach stadium.. so think it is o k.. atleast, nowadays,parents do not scold their children for playing cricket.. now playing cricket is building career...

Ya defnately the shorter version of games will affect the longer version games like T20 will now affecting to test cricket because people want's shorter with enjoyable game they don't want longer and awaiting games so forrrr