Evolution of the Game "CRICKET"

The Game Of Cricket has seen many changes ever since it was introduced by the Englishmen..During the former part of its introduction,it was not appreciated by many because of the reason that it takes several days to complete a single match...For instance,during those days,there were only test matches which would extend not less than ten days and it created boredom among the spectators as a Football match would be over in an hour and a half and not more than Two hours... George Bernard Shaw,An Irish Playwright,describe the Game as follows:"ELEVEN FOOLS PLAYING AND ELEVEN THOUSAND FOOLS WATCHING"....

Then,The rules of game changed as to which the game should be finished within 5 days and not beyond that... This is where the game was acknowledged by many..This is the time where the game saw one of the best batsman in Sir Donald Bradman..He was very aggressive and attracted many spectators...This form of Cricket was played all through up to the year 1970-71...Indians were just a novice at that point of time..After which a new form of cricket was formed in which each side would bat for up to 60 overs,so the match would be finished in a day...

The Council introduced a format called World Cup ,in which all the cricket playing nations would participate...And,the world cup which changed the face of cricket was 1975 Prudential Cup held in England...At this point of time,Sunil Gavaskar,Vinoo Mankad,Bedi were making their debut for India and faired well...The next World Cup was held again in Britain,four years later....Both the World Cup were won by West Indies...

The One day format was reduced by 10 overs as many thought that it was too long...
The Third World Cup was in 1983 and is a year to be celebrated by every Indian,as we won the cup...It was the year in which the people of India recognised a game named Cricket...
This form of Cricket was going strong and many around the world began to appreciate..So far, the ICC has conducted 9 world cups and the next world cup is due in 2011...

The game of cricket was at its peak in India after the introduction a boy named Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar in 1989... He began to take the burden on his shoulders after the retirement of greats like Gavaskar,Kapil,Amarnath... During the 1990's,it was only Sachin for India and he soon in his career became the Word beater...There are many in this country who started to watch cricket because of him,including me... He began his career as a small man but will finish as a Great man...The Cricket Game is no more a game in India,It's a Religion...And,it would be unfair not to say that it is because of India that ICC runs the game..Otherwise,they would have gone bankrupt....

This form of cricket was even reduced to 20 overs a side to attract more of Public Response and to attract the IOC,so that the game would be included in Olympics..It was in England that this game(T20) was first played to attract more of visitors,as they were fading....T20 was recognised by ICC in no time and even the first world cup for T20 was held in 2007 and the game brought in tremendous support,which led to the introduction of IPL...

The main drawback of this game is that it would not bring about the skills of the players..Even a tailender with strong shoulders can make you run for money as the boundary lines are short ...I strongly disagree to the feeling that T20 should be given preference for ODI's nor the Tests...

Hope that ICC doesn't introduce anything named T10 or T15,which could further ruin the game...