Friday, July 4, 2008
PITCHES that KILL odis-KARACHI
Cricket is at the crossroads. In this times of T20 tamashas , one would have expected the ongoing Asia Cup to be whiff of fresh air, away from the glitz and glamour of the IPL. But what do the fans get? Pitches strong enough to drive away even the most die hard fans of 50-50. In my view, watching teams chase 300 scores without any sort of fuss is as boring as watching Test matches that go into the last day without even the first innings complete. Karachi is an example of a odi killer thus preventing any chance of the Asia Cup being a"serial killer"( daily soaps and reality shows can breathe easy now). For me as a viewer, most interesting odis generally come from the land of the Poms and the Kangaroos because of the bowler-freindly conditions.I think BCCI has its task cut out in trying to maintain the same level of spectator interests in inOdis.Odis have given us our fair share of cricketing delights and contributed immensely to our love for the game.In these times of crisis due to the threaat of T20, let not the guardians of the game try to kick this format by producing sleeping beauties like the Karachi one. What do you say????????????
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