Come the next world cup in 2011 the 50 over game could be on its last legs. From the past few weeks its obvious that crowds are likening to the new Twenty20 IPL and the ODI 50 over game looks dead. People are preferring bigger hits, faster bowling and more athletic fielding. I still hope that 50 over games have a future, they’ve been the basis of drumming cricket fans into test cricket and proving us the basis of the cricketing future. Whether or not Twenty20 cricket will be able to bridge that gap with the same effectiveness will be a question that needs answering.
What the IPL has given us is what the Kerry Packer series gave cricket those years ago; a new revolution. People woke up to 50 over cricket then just like they’re waking up to the IPL now.
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