I am agree with you Mr. Ronark . T20 is not harming cricket. Just like a new film this new format is also entertaining everybody..

T20 has became the most popular form of cricket now a days because of the speed of game.In this fast moving world,every one need speed and T20 has given a new matter of speed to cricket.

It has also given a new level of excitement and thrill to the audience.
The thrill of test may be different from that of a one day match.Likewise T20 has also its own thrill.

Another reason is that T20 cricket is more colourful than other forms of cricket.People are more attracted towards it.

Coming to the topic.. Is T20 harming cricket?
How can we say that? Cricket is not looosing its audience.
But its a fact that due to the popularity of T20 , test cricket was badly affected.

It can be clearly observed that international teams had decreased the no.of test matches in their schedule.T20 had its impact on test cricket.But test also have its own thrill and spirit.

Whatever the form.. Cricket has not losen its audience...

@ Soubhagya

We cannot completely say that T20 is like a practise session of one day match.Both have its own specialities and differences.In both games,the strategy of playing teams will be different.

We cannot use the game plan of a one day match for a T20 match.Both are good in its own platform.

Cricket has accepted its new form...

If T20 has more viewers than others,board will not try to limit the no.of matches.Because,more viewers means, more financial benefit.

@ harish suthar

why did you says that , "totaly wrong T-20 increasing day by day ." ?

T20 has gained lot more audience in a short period of time.It is true that the game plan of strategy of T20 games will be different from that of a test match or one day match.When there is only 20 overs in the hand,batsman cannot take too much time to settle on the ground and also he has to take an aggressive form of batting to put a good score on the board.

we can't completely say that T20 became popular because test match has loosed its popularity.But its more correct that,because of the popularity of T20,test has loosed its popularity.

@ satish

How can we say that T20 cannot make good players?

T20 cannot be treated as a matter of luck rather than work.Both games have its own game plan and format.Players should work like that if they want to win.
T20 is also having its own importance.cannot say that T20 is a game of luck only.

I agree to lohit seth that T20 is making the cricket more live.It has been seen that the audience is enjoying the fast moving game very much because here the destiny is written in very few time.
Audience can enjoy cricket with full excitement with very less time in its own way and that made T20 more popular..

@ santhosh

We can't say that there is a fight between T20 and one day match.Due to the upcoming of T20,test had affected the most.One day match had not loosed much,one day match have its own audience.Its a different level of game spirit.

@ Meean

We can't say that T20 will not affect test match because ODI didn't made much harm to test.
The scenario has changed.T20 is affecting a lot on test matches.

Also you have said that as for the players,time is less,strain will be less.Its not true.Always the strain is there because they have to put up a good score in the board with very less time.So,strain is always there.

I agree with you satish,

Apart from a true class cricket,T20 is more concentrating on an entertainment level.It always tries to provide entertainment for audience.Cheer groups etc. are best examples.
As,entertainment is more in T20,people are more attracted towards T20.That's all...

Lohit,

Its right that all forms have importance and its own excitement.We can't ignore one for another.But its users right to see what he likes.
It forces the players score more in less time.So,it will improve the of batsman.Also,we can't say that the no.of wickets taken will be less in T20.Nothing like that.Cricket is a game and anything can happen.
More chance is for that when batsman is playing so aggressively,chance for loosing wicket is more.