There was a time when cricket used to be called as a gentleman's game for which rich zamindaar's and kings had passion for. It used to be their good past time. But the game has changed over the years. From the era of test cricket we have now usherd into the era of Twenty 20 cricket.
Even though Test cricket and fifty overs game are still being played in almost all cricket nations, they are not drawing much attentions for the masses. Now people are even bored of fifty over matches. They are enjoying this latest version of the game as all the matches can finish off in two ours and they can watch couple of matches on a single day. Whats more, this form of the game is generating more money organisers and players, especially the ex cricketers who are getting more opportunities to earn some bucks even after their retirements from internation cricket.
But isn't the Twenty 20 cricket harming the game as a whole? Last decade has seen a lot of match fixing scandals coming out in the open. This new form of the game is giving more opportunities to bookies to do more gambles on matches and earn money through illegal means. At the time when our cricket administrators should try to bring back the lost glory of the game they are encouraging the games to get sold off without taking any authentic steps.
No doubt the latest form of the game is quite interesting and attracting lot of masses and its the future of cricket and will get losts of attentions in India as out team had won first Twenty 2o World Cup recently. At the same time cricket administrations should be more carefull not to allow this game to get polluted.
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