Comments on: Is the IPL a mutant destroying the game?

By: albatross

albatross — Sun, 16 May 2010 03:18:20 +0000

Are the traditional forms of cricket and Twenty20 tip ‘n’ run actually the same game?

Looking at the replays of the last over of the Twenty20 WC I was reminded of those artificial made for TV things that they do in baseball like the Home Run Derby.

By: M1tch

M1tch — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:50:35 +0000

Its actually saving the game.

By: Brett McKay

Brett McKay — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:47:34 +0000

I think you could substitute ‘BCCI’ for ‘IPL’ in the heading, and it’d be just as valid a question…

By: Gulu

Gulu — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:31:25 +0000

The IPL is a Frankenstein’s monster which will eventually take over the game and destroy it as we know and love it. Kersi is right to voice his apprehensions. And he is not the only one. The editor of Wisden 2009 has voiced similar concerns.

By: Kazama

Kazama — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:57:32 +0000

I think that Twenty20, love it or hate it, is just another phase in cricket’s evolution. Whether it changes the landscape momentarily as a fad, or long-term like ODIs, I see it as a natural process the sport must enter. As a cricket fan I don’t feel like I have much choice in the matter, and if the new form of the game produces some fine play then I will enjoy it as I enjoyed the first incarnation of the IPL.

This will all resolve itself eventually – whether the changes it brings are for better or worse is for each fan to decide for themselves.