World cup cricket..

Nowadays, cricket has become synonimous with T20. Though the glamour and popularity it brings to the game and the additional moolah with all the sponsors opting to support the shortest form of the game, test and 50 over cricket is fast fading.

The real threat is actually for the 50 over game. People tend to get bored after watching 20 overs in a 50 over game. In a short time, we will have very low scores as the players.. who are so used to playing 20 overs might find it difficult to shift from the T20 mindset to the 50 over mindset, not to mention the horrible consequences on the playing technique of all the players. Gone of the days of exquisite cover drives and hittting down the V. Now its mostly about hitting and hitting more.. trying to skin the leather off the ball. Gone are the days of fine touches and long innings. Its more of bang bang and you ate out.

The test format is actually safer than the 50 over format owing to the fact that many people will oppose replacing test matches with T20 to preserve the oldest format of the game.

So gear up for big hitting and quick matches in the days to come.. Its bye bye ODI's