Comments on I think ... (Tarun Chandel's thoughts): T20, Change is Good!!!

T20 is a response to match the popularity of the F...

2008-04-06T01:56:00.000+05:30

T20 is a response to match the popularity of the Football.. Let's accept it.. nobody hgas time to see a match being played over a day... forget the test cricket...

90 min of pure fun.. though It would mean lesser no of test ccricket being played :( ... But jus gentle reminder.. sloggin in the initial over was not brought by Srilanka in 1996..

It was brought by Mark Greatsbach.. the Newzealand opener in 1992 World cup...It is a different story that Mark could not keep up with the pace that he had set up and was eventually dropped from the team...

Jaisuriya ..wham bham was a result of the New 15 over field restriction that had been newly introduced..and not many prepared to meet the challenge... which made the scoring rate swear up... to new highs..

I love test cricket. There are so many things that...

2008-03-13T14:43:00.000+05:30

I love test cricket. There are so many things that T20 cant do. In test it is a skill to use the ball for 80 overs, how to shape up the ball for the spinners in the middle over and how to rough it up on one side and keep in shining on the other for reverse swing in the later overs. How to save the wickets in the final session, the pleasure of getting a wicket on the last ball of the day. The strategy when to declare, whether to go for a follow on or not. Amazing things.

But the good part is that as you have mentioned that T20 will somewhere affect the Tests as well (really it will be fun to see a guy coming in and smashing a ton in 10 odd overs to change the game).

Yeah IPL is surely going to be a crowd puller, esp...

2008-02-25T22:28:00.000+05:30

Yeah IPL is surely going to be a crowd puller, especially after all this hype.

i think one thing is sure, T20 is going to bring s...

2008-02-25T14:05:00.000+05:30

i think one thing is sure, T20 is going to bring some freshness into the game..... let wait and watch (also the IPL way of T20 too..)

Both of you missed my point. I compared two flavou...

2008-02-18T20:34:00.000+05:30

Both of you missed my point. I compared two flavours of cricket, but I didn't say which one was better, because that is a futile discussion. I like fast food and I anyday , like a skimpy clothed sexy girl.

Comparing Test cricket to K-serials?? Well, that takes my goat. I bow down on all "fours". But then I understand. These are times of Noodle strapped Mandira Bedis who know as much about short legs and they know about fine legs.

T20 is simply about bang bang, bye maam, winning and losing quickly with some nach gana thrown in to bring bored housewives and girlfriends, includig Chintu, and Bunty to stadiums. And it is good because it brings in money to game and make for nice picnic. Wonder if we could do this for Gulli-danda..the original "mohalla, street" game of yores. T20 is good for national pride and perhaps integration. we can win in it and prove our manhood.

They say great art is which is selfish and done for own pleasure. And it is true for some many other things in life. Including sports. Real sport is played when player plays it for himself,to test his own boundaries,... not for pleasure of spectator. And only few would know how it is watching a gangly 19 years od boy bowling 9 overs of absolute hostility to one of best bastsmen in game. A great duel between two..spectators were incidental.

--> Manjari: You are showing that T20 has been suc...

2008-02-16T00:18:00.000+05:30

--> Manjari: You are showing that T20 has been successful in keeping non lovers of Test cricketer still glued to cricket, which is great!

--> Gaurav: Good analogies but T20 a bozo??? No way!!! But Test cricket as Sidhu yeah that is hilarious but so true.

Yeah, war enough!! If test cricket is war of tacti...

2008-02-11T15:18:00.000+05:30

Yeah, war enough!! If test cricket is war of tactics....I wonder where did the innocent game of bat-n-ball go?Ever heard of a "test" match in the mohalla gulli?
Game is where the players grow better and enjoy.
Here Steps in T20.This is the short movie with no intermission if you please!No nuisance, spanky uniforms, multi-day spanning sagas akin to the "K-serials".A game, crisp and rivetting - truly delectable!

T20 is a lusty fling. It is fast food. It is one n...

2008-02-09T17:26:00.000+05:30

T20 is a lusty fling. It is fast food. It is one night stand. It is gurrela warfare. It is a masala movie with item songs. It is test of short lived bravado. It is SMS. It is innane pop song. It is girl in skimy clothes. T20 is a bozo.

Test Cricket is love. It is cuisine. It is war of tactics. It is cinema. It is test of character. It is letter written in ink on paper. It is classical music. It is a graceful woman. Test cricket is a Sidhu ;)

oops..i meant "Free-hit" in my comment above.

2008-02-06T14:15:00.000+05:30

oops..i meant "Free-hit" in my comment above.

Absolutely...T20 is sheer talent and enthusiasm......

2008-02-06T14:14:00.000+05:30

Absolutely...T20 is sheer talent and enthusiasm... i simply love the "Free kick" concept...you know where the umpires actually move their arm symbolically above their heads...as if to say...the stadium all around is waiting...do the honours! :)