Fodder for the willow cannons

Twenty20 cricket has turned ballers into robotic balling machines. Willow wielders never spare a chance to hit massive fours or sixes on each and every delivery. Recently, we saw Yuvraj Singh epitomising on the same by hitting English paceman Stuart Broad to pile a massive 36 in an over. No tactic to ball is enough to arrest a batsman’s agressiveness in this format of the game because the latter is determined to hit even if the ball is speaking a language of it’s own. This merely transforms the ballers into balling machines which can put no or negligible reins on a batsman’s rampage.

The game’s format is so short that it leaves no time for either the batsman or the baller to settle down. From the word ‘go’ each one is expected to perform at his very best. T20 does not even leave enough room for a post-match analysis either, because the match simply flies by. Every baller has to do wonders with the ball in just 4 overs alloted to him and the batsman in 20. Fielders have to be on their toes all the time and save prospective fours and soaring sixes.

For the ones running low on their patience quotient, this format is fun to watch. Sizzling cheerleaders add to the fast-paced temprament of the game. T20 will definitely become the format of the future if the audience want to relinquish the game superficially rather than enter into it’s nitty-gritties. Test match will remain the prima facie choice for the connoisseurs of the game. Because a Test match is like the hindustani classical music which cannot be wiped out by fast-paced but trainsient Indi-pop music, i.e. T20.