T20 worth it?

Lalit Modi must be having sleepless nights due to the craze of T20 cricket fading off. That ain’t half as popular anymore and folks have already started choosing soaps and movies over T20 tournament.

The latest edition to it has been Champions’ league which hasn’t been such a great success and organizers are having a tough time dealing with the enormous pressure building up from sponsors and others.

Let me pass on some shocking facts here:

“Though average ratings for Champions Trophy were a modest 1.1, the Champions League has fared even worse with an average of 0.74 so far, according to TV monitoring agency aMap” – Times of India Oct’ 13, 2009

Not just the viewership but the participation would significantly fall since players are increasingly experiencing fatigue and overuse already due to the fast paced format. Stakes are high and expectations enormous and hence the game asks for more, more from each one of them.

The people benefitting from it are the businessmen such as Shahrukh khan the first one to be the best of them all, since he is raking maximum profits out of his team failing in the IPL and there are others like Mr. Mallya who always keeps a sharp eye on the selection of players and the ‘cheerleaders’!

Sachin like players are expected to play a 20 over match, with as much agility as a 20 yr old. What do you expect out of an old legend who is still trying to hold the ground while keeping his country to the fore.

In my opinion, it needs to have an age bar and the stakes need to go down since the only community benefitting out of it is that of businessmen. Talent is loosing identity, and players are gearing up for a better bid than a better game.