IPL is not a boon but a bane for cricket eventhough It will help the players financially. With shortened boundaries,flat wickets its highly favured to the batsmen. I hope they will bring a cap on the ball speed also like maximum speed allowed 130 kph . A contest becomes interesting when it is played on a level playing field.a four in a test match on a good wicket is more valued than a one in a 20-20 because of the above reason. IPL proves to the extent administrators are ready to change the game to bring more public. Football still remains a game where talent and skill rules .
RE:beauty of cricket lost
by ben hur on Apr 20, 2008 01:08 PM Permalink
one more point. ipl is not an intnl match so dont keep its records as that of t20 International (TTI). this is just a local match of t20 in IPL. Just like ODI and local one-day matches r not equal for the statistical records purpose, and first class and test matches r not equal for records purpose. ipl's r just local t20 matches, cant b compared with t20I between two countries.
