Is T20 Cricket killing Real Cricketing Skills?

No, I think it gives an opportunity for newcomers it helps in improving their aggression playing skills.

Yes, the technical skills might be affected by t20 but that has given birth to unorthodoxy which is beautiful and glamorous in its own way if implemented correctly!Even a decade ago, a yorker was considered to be an unplayable delivery!I'm not saying its easy to play a yorker but innovative cricket, nowadays, has found a way to score even sixers off yorkers. I believe an ideal cricketer would be one who could possess the right balance of both textbook cricket and unorthodox cricket. What better example than A.B.De Villiers?

Basic purpose of a sport is to entertain people. So IPL has fulfilled it's part of entertaining people. But the cash rich nature of the tournament makes it mired with controversies regarding spot fixing.

So, I think that, if IPL is conducted with greater scrutiny it will be a win-win situation for both cricket lovers and new talents, who get recognised due to IPL.

All said it also takes a great deal of talent & composure in hitting sixes and fours within limited overs.

In my opinion T20 is not killing cricket because player s are getting platform, money and grooming chance with senior players. It is also increasing popularity of the game. Through t 20 the game can be penetrated in Europe and america.

However excess play of T20 ll definitely harm other format like one day and test matches. Thus a judicious mix of all the form of cricket is needed for healthy development of cricketing skill and cricket as a game.

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.

Nowadays every sport is an entertainment for people. No one has that much patience to conclude a game deeply. So according to me, every format of cricket has its own dignity. Its depends on us that which format of the game we like much. Every player has its own skills in cricket.
For example, Rahul Dravid played an excellent innings in test matches in his career.
Sourav Ganguly & Sachin Tendulkar played their best on ODI format in their career & now it's Virat Kohli who is showing his top class performance on T20 matches.

So the discussion on this topic will never end because as I said it depends on us that which format we like much.

I don't think that t20 cricket is killing the cricketing skills. Actually, it provides a platform to groom your talent and the modern day cricketers can show their talent to the world through various leagues organized in the world like IPL, Big bash and much more.

It also depends on the cricketer how he adapts to various forms of cricket, what he learns from t20 and how he applies it to the bigger challenge test cricket.

No, 'Test Cricket' is real cricketing skills.

In my opinion, 20-20 cricket has provided a better means of entertainment. You don't have to sit next to tv for a long time as in test cricket and saves our valuable time. I agree that twenty twenty cricket requires a different skill set. It needs lot more energy and aggression as compared to fifty over cricket or test cricket but it is helping in giving chances to the young players to show their skill and prove themselves.

I think yes, b'coz Test and One-day cricket games require patience. No more skills are shown in T20 cricket other than shots. In every game, technique is required. But T20 creates more excitement than others.