Sunday, September 16, 2007

Twenty20 World Cup 2007 Increases the Popularity of Twenty20 Cricket

You already know that to many, Twenty20 is the future of cricket. The popularity of this shorter version of cricket is now increasing day by day. The ongoing Twenty20 world cup tournament is the best evidence of it. Fans are enjoying the 40 over cricket matches very much. So, for sure, Twenty20 cricket is now going to be the ambassador of cricket in the world.

Well, the rising popularity of Twenty20 cricket has both advantages and disadvantages. Many of the traditional things of cricket disappear in Twenty20. However, the main advantage is that Twenty20 has the potential to expand the world of cricket and bring more and more new comers in the cricket world. Specaiolly in the Europe, Twenty20 is expected to get popularity.

Now, the question is that if Twenty20 gets such a huge popularity then what will happen to Test and ODI cricket. To many, this is the main disadvantage of Twenty20 format because people will lose their interest over these two traditional formats of cricket. Test cricket is a five day long game and ODI is 7-8 hours long game. In contrast to Test and ODI cricket, Twenty20 is just 3 hours game. So, in this fast world, it seems that Test and ODI cricket have to struggle for their survival.

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