The irony of it all

[vvvslaxman]

I love T20s! but that's just me... I never claimed that T20 is a better format for every one (though it is for me), All I am saying is that there is more popularity of T20 than Tests at the moment...

What does it prove?

[Jersey #10]

Just listening to some music - Reshamaiyya kicks Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan's a. when it comes to CRAZINESS!

Who has more fans? again, I am not talking about quality here...

[punjabi_khota]

[The Outsider]

Why don't you go watch a Test match instead? :dontknow:

I will but I am glad that you have at least accepted Tests kick T20 like a football when it comes to quality. Now go join the bandwagon of fools who follow stuff of inferior quality knowing its better.:hysterical:

[Jersey #10]

What does it prove?

Proves what OP said...

[Jersey #10]

I will but I am glad that you have at least accepted Tests kick T20 like a football when it comes to quality. Now go join the bandwagon of fools who follow stuff of inferior quality knowing its better.:hysterical:

I never said that, stop putting words in my mouth... defend your position if you can...stop coming up with bullsh!t arguments. I actually read your posts and articles expecting to learn something! This is the first time I feel like you have degraded your self to come up with such nonsense posts...:((

[vvvslaxman]

Guys like Sehwag are blessed with so much talent. You want to see him to blast couple of fours and get out. But you don't want him to play an innings like 284 in a single day because crowd is less? Amazing. I really don't understand. But.. hey.. people like blood sausages, paris hilton. Can't help.

[The Outsider]

Who has more fans? again, I am not talking about quality here...

Well, I am - I like to associate myself with quality things in life - quality music, quality cricket, quality cars etc. etc. And I don't blame people who have a different definition of quality than I do. But the biggest morons are like you who know they are buying a junk product knowing they are buying junk, but just because there is CRAZE for it!:hysterical:

[vvvslaxman]

Proves what OP said...

It proves zilch. Indian captain himself said we use it as warm up. :hysterical: Have you heard Dhoni saying "We used Test series for T20" or even ODis. :hysterical:

[nballa]

Don't mix the two together' date=' our ODI form has been outstanding for last 2 years until the Aussie series loss. [b']Your country has last four ODI series this year so don't get too cocky.

"your country"? dude, our odi form has been atrocious. what are you talking about? the aussie series loss was pretty recent and they defeated us 4-2, pretty comprehensive. couple that with an early exit in the champions trophy and you get the picture, pretty gloomy.

[Jersey #10]

It proves zilch. Indian captain himself said we use it as warm up. :hysterical: Have you heard Dhoni saying "We used Test series for T20" or even ODis. :hysterical:

did he say that when he won the T20 wc? :dontknow:

[Karan114]

But the biggest morons are like you who know they are buying a junk product knowing they are buying junk' date=' but just because there is CRAZE for it!:hysterical:[/quote'] :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[Jersey #10]

http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/21734/only-7-percent-indians-prefer-test-cricket/ Even though players such as Sachin Tendulkar may feel that Test cricket has become more entertaining but an MCC survey has revealed that only seven per cent of Indian fans chose the longest format as their preferred form of the game. The poll, commissioned by the Marylebone Cricket Club, covered 500 fans each from three countries - India, South Africa and New Zealand. In contrast, 58 per cent of the Indian respondents chose Twenty20 Internationals as their favourite format while 31 per cent said the ODIs were their preferred form. Rather surprisingly, the lucrative and successful Indian Premier League got just four percent of the votes, 'The Age' reported. In the three countries overall, 13 per cent said they preferred Tests to the limited-overs contests. The survey also shows that despite reports of public fatigue, ODIs remains the most popular format with 36 per cent of the fans across the three countries choosing it. The findings of the poll were presented to the International Cricket Council's Cricket Committee earlier this month in Dubai, where both groups reaffirmed their commitment to preserving all three forms. In India, 58 per cent of respondents said the emergence of Twenty20 had reduced their interest in Test cricket, while 23 per cent of South Africans and 13 per cent of New Zealanders felt the same. But almost two-thirds of Indians and three-quarters of South Africans said Twenty20 might spark their interest in the longer formats. Armed with the findings, the MCC's World Cricket Committee implored administrators to give the longest form of the game the "loving care and attention" it deserves. "It's not as if the game is falling apart, but it has been scooped by Twenty20 and I think we would be foolish if we didn't think it was universal," MCC's World Cricket Committee Chairman Tony Lewis was quoted as saying by the report. "We just can't sit back and let that happen. Test matches need loving care and attention, and they need to be played when people can watch. Can people afford to support all the brands of cricket? That's a really big question, I think. Australia and England don't feel the pinch so much in Test-match cricket but other countries do." The survey is expected to be presented to chief executives of the Test-playing nations at their next meeting. -------- this is worrying trend which we cannot ignore.bcci might be giving what the people want.

:omg:

[Karan114]

couple that with an early exit in the champions trophy and you get the picture' date=' pretty gloomy.[/quote'] Yeah man, the whole of India is crying over becoming the top ranked Test nation. Meanwhile make sure your drug cheat "ballers" actually win you the final Test in NZ or you will become the first team to lose to NZ in eons, a staggering low even by your nation's standards :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[The Outsider]

:omg:

The point is that if the poll was held between porn, T20, and test matches, tests would still retain it's 7%. :omg:

[Jersey #10]

Well' date=' I am - I like to associate myself with quality things in life - quality music, quality cricket, quality cars etc. etc. And I don't blame people who have a different definition of quality than I do. But the biggest morons are like you who know they are buying a junk product knowing they are buying junk, but just because there is CRAZE for it!:hysterical:[/quote'] So that's just you! others may have other opinions, choices. If you don't understand this then you are the biggest moron ever You have no right to offend them by calling them morons.

[vvvslaxman]

did he say that when he won the T20 wc? :dontknow:

Uh.read it carefully. It's getting difficult for us to get into T20 groove. Most of us treat them as warm-up for ODIs. Now EAT THAT!!

[Jersey #10]

The point is that if the poll was held between porn' date=' T20, and test matches, tests would still retain it's 7%. :omg:[/quote'] I know right, Tests stand no chance against them...it's definitely the lame option for the 7% to chose. I am happy that the Majority still got it right...there is always few people which are not the way they are supposed to be, 7% definitely defies that.

[vvvslaxman]

I know right, Tests stand no chance against them...it's definitely the lame option for the 7% to chose. I am happy that the Majority still got it right...there is always few people which are not the way they are supposed to be, 7% definitely defies that.

Why do you think guys like Tendulkar was not interested in T20 if you think that is the most "POPULAR" format :hysterical:

[The Outsider]

So that's just you! others may have other opinions, choices. If you don't understand this then you are the biggest moron ever You have no right to offend them by calling them morons.

Of course it's my choice and anyone who buys a deficient product by his own admission is a moron. Salesman : Dude, this digital camera isn't that good. Moron : Never mind, I know it but I'll buy it anyway because I just saw 20 other people buying it because of it's CRAZE.