Cricket is a sport that every child/man follows in this country. It’s in his blood. Ask him what’s the national game of
Traditionally so, cricket is a game of 50 Overs played with 11 people each in 2 teams. It usually is a long game, which essentially means that it takes up a lot of one’s time. Nonetheless, people love the sport and have been following it religiously for several decades. However, its audience which includes housewives and young women might have found it difficult to sit through a long game day after day during a world cup series.
Now the modern way of cricket is a game of 20 Overs. Hence, it’s been given the name Twenty20. How are people taking it? Not so good and not so bad either. Like they always say that there are two sides of a coin. Similarly, there are some people who love the idea and some who do not support the idea. They probably love the idea because now they can remove time and actually watch the match and enjoy it just like all cricket lovers do. It’s like finally getting to know that what’s the whole fuss about watching a cricket match.
The recent Twenty20 World Cup was a resounding success. I think that they were successful in their attempts of trying to entice the younger people into the grounds.
It’s a quick and exciting game. It brings a new audience to the game and generates interest in
Chak de India!
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