I think this topic should have a thread of its own and has been discussed around in various threads.
I would like to start off by posing the question of whether T20 is really the format to invest in with regard to the Olympics.
The issue I have is with regard to longevity of the T20 format. I personally don't see T20 cricket lasting too long. T20 when it was launched was exciting and fresh and the people were felt in awe of the format, and the high scoring rates.
However now I feel T20 doesn't really thrill anyone anymore. No one is amazed anymore by an 85 run off 35 balls knock. These have become par for the course now. I think the crowds are thinning, now and I have a feeling T20 reached its peak a few years ago, and is now only going to decline. It never became a mainstream and serious cricketing format, and is already declining.
T20 was big, but be it the IPL, or the World T20, T20 was always a side show on the calendar. I have a feeling T20 could be on the way out. It could exist perhaps in the same way as Hong Sixes does now.
So should cricket really invest in T20 for its Olympic future?
Or perhaps you disagree and see T20 continuing to thrive?
I would like to start off by posing the question of whether T20 is really the format to invest in with regard to the Olympics.
The issue I have is with regard to longevity of the T20 format. I personally don't see T20 cricket lasting too long. T20 when it was launched was exciting and fresh and the people were felt in awe of the format, and the high scoring rates.
However now I feel T20 doesn't really thrill anyone anymore. No one is amazed anymore by an 85 run off 35 balls knock. These have become par for the course now. I think the crowds are thinning, now and I have a feeling T20 reached its peak a few years ago, and is now only going to decline. It never became a mainstream and serious cricketing format, and is already declining.
T20 was big, but be it the IPL, or the World T20, T20 was always a side show on the calendar. I have a feeling T20 could be on the way out. It could exist perhaps in the same way as Hong Sixes does now.
So should cricket really invest in T20 for its Olympic future?
Or perhaps you disagree and see T20 continuing to thrive?