Is T20 Cricket killing Real Cricketing Skills?

Good evening everyone,

I'm Deepak Reddy. It's a great pleasure to me that we are here to discuss the topic "Is T20 affect the real cricket skill". T20 doesn't affect real cricket because nowadays people are not interested in watching test matches, rather than they watch T20 as a time of the match will be less and more enthusiastic. T20 provides an opportunity for newcomers. One more thing I would like to add telecasting of test matches in TV costs much as test matches go on for 4 to 5 days & In T20 matches there will be good glamour such as cheer girls. So I would like to conclude that T20 matches are more interesting and which doesn't affect real cricket.

Talking about skills what we witness in T20 cricket like power hitting, slog on demand & getting runs thick & fast are real eye-candies for spectators. Even for these one needs to have special skills and abilities. In restraint of "Real Cricketing Skill" one cannot underestimate such talents or downplay their power hitting skills and abilities. On the other hand, it is a real misconception regarding T20 cricket that you don't need to have a good defense technique or any other conventional way of batting that come straight cricket coaching manual. Basic things to consistently do well in any form of cricket remains the same.

Going through the discussions above what I have seen is that most of my friends have given their opinions & viewpoint from a batsman point of view. We often tend to forget that bowling and fielding are an equally important aspect of the game. A good Yorker, a cutting outswinger, a vicious reverse swing, a well-flighted delivery, a deceptive "Goggly" or a "Doosra", a brilliant catch was taken are equally delightful. So even here the formula to do well and succeed remains the same that is to keep the basics right.

Every good shot that is played, every good bowl that is bowled & ever catch that is taken is a part of "Real Cricketing Skills" irrespective of the format. Changes are inevitable. Even the approach toward playing cricket (like any other sport) has changed and evolved over the year for a better prospect. Notwithstanding the changes great cricketing talents always have the ability to assess situations, play according to the need of the situation & switch modes to adjust accordingly.

Changes are inevitable. Even the approach toward playing cricket (like any other sport) has changed and evolved over the year for a better prospect. Notwithstanding the changes great cricketing talents always have the ability to assess situations, play according to the need of the situation & switch modes to adjust accordingly.

See in my opinion T20, test and ODI are three formats which test the ability of the player. See there are some players who have the ability to shine in these three formats but they are rare. Inconsistency in their form will make a major problem to their ability. When you take a player like Sachin Tendulkar his skill is about how class you should bat. His skills to judge the bowl is something that is special when you compare other people. In tests, the batsmen got the time to understand how to judge the bowl where to place the bat and how to play the drive. It gives them time to learn.

While T20 is all power and muscles like Gayle, Pollard and Russel the strong West Indies team where they showed their ability to hit hard and make crowd enjoy cricket. But for sure I can say that these players who shine in T20 are not the best when they come to test and ODI. Where they need skill to bat and play a drive. Here batsmen like Sachin, Dravid, VVS, Lara, Ponting are the real masters.

This proves the conclusion that T20 is not about judging or playing a stroke, one who play with power shines and ODI and test show that a class batsman is a king who can play with his foot and balance with his bat according to the line and length. But still the best players like Kohli, ABD, etc has shown they can even play any of these formats with their both skills and power.

In my point of view, T20 is certainly killing the spirit of the real game of cricket. People have no time to watch the test cricket which is a real display of class skill and temperament. Modern crickets are struggling to score in test matches. We have a good batsman is Dhoni in ODI and T20 but he retired in tests. Do you think he is not physically fit to play test cricket? Certainly not his inability to play in test cricket which is a real test of one's skill. Another scenario is Malinga a lethal bowler in the shorter format of the game. But retired in test cricket. Similar reasons. Only class bowlers like Murali, Warne, Kumble could show to the world they are real bosses. For the ones who say test cricket is all about boring. Then I would say they haven't watched the ashes clash, David's defences, masters blistering tons and sehwag's odi like test innings. Only world class players can bat/ball through all formats of the game. T20 might be nail biting but test cricket is class display. If you are a true cricket fan. You would love to see the cover drive of Sanga, a straight drive of Sachin, late cut of Mahela, solid defence of Dravid, and so on.

Guys whatever your opinion might be, but the fact is, in 21st century people really don't have time to watch a full one day or test cricket match, and, believe me, T20 format is not child's play, this format requires some other skills, look at the Australian T20 record, those guys consistently have been failed in WT20 tournaments.

And one more thing, if we really think about the expansion of cricket in other countries like (few European ones, Japan, China) then only T20 format might get help you.

T20 is future of cricket (it's a fact).

People were losing interest in cricket, and this the T20 which has restored its earlier dignity. Test format should be replaced by ODIs, hence, there should be only 2 formats, as for my future growth prediction of Cricket.

Hello everybody,

T20 cricket is the format of a limited over cricket where the spectators get entertained by the thrill of the game and power play like big hits by the batsmen. In this format, I think that, there is a lack of scope to a bowler to perform well. In 50-50 overs matches or test cricket, there is a scope to judge a player not only by his ability but by his patience and class. But in T20 format, there is very shortage of time to perform well. This format is only for entertaining purpose. It is not helpful for a cricketer to represent himself as a complete player in front of thousand of spectators. So on my point of view, T20 cricket is killing the real cricketing skills.

Thank you.

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They did it to cricket infront of you by bathing you with 20-20 cricket. Its being sold to you and are getting sold and you don't even know it. And then its too late. This is currently the transition period. We have to decide if it stays or it goes. After this genertion, there is no looking back anymore forever.

Greetings,

This format is meant for a twist in cricket. Many international series contain 1, 2 or 3 T20 matches along with test series and/or ODI series. They are like an opportunity, for e.g, in the India-Australia series.

India couldn't pursue the ODI's. But Then they made a clean sweep against Australia in the T20s, which broke a 140-year-old record, that no team has clean sweeped Australia, against Australia, in Australia. So India ended up at no. 1 in T20's.

Moreover, because its a shorter format of cricket, people can go and watch the matches live at the stadium, while one can't watch a whole test match for 4 days continuous!

Last but not the least, T20 internationals and Domestic T20's like IPL, BBL etc. Have brought great attraction among youngsters and kids, while many adults and older people think that it's destroying Test Cricket, which is absolutely wrong!

So, I think that T20's and T20 Is are one of the best formats of the sport.

I think that T-20 is just a type of cricket that the public just for enjoy. It has a reason for this because here the time is very shorted and our modern busy life it is very important to us. It takes the time three to four hours.

Here obviously a question will arise that the player just wasted their skills?but I think that it is not so. The players whose technical skill is perfectly correct they performed any type of matches.

So it is not to correct to say that T-20 wasted the player's skill. It is correct that it wasted the players patience. Because of a one day or test matches prove a player's patience. But T-20 has no opportunity for this proven.