The new version of cricket has so much to offer that even the one day version of the game is going to lose its sheen in due course.
The new version of cricket has so much to offer that even the one day version of the game is going to lose its sheen in due course. And the five day version? It’s history, already! What Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men achieved at Johannesburg on 24th of September, 2007, has an interesting parallel with what Clive Lloyd and his men did way back in 1975. The West Indian team, under the leadership of Clive Lloyd, proved that it is not only possible to beat the whites in their own game, but to change the very version of the game for good. It was the West Indians who made the one day cricket a game of passion, aggression, ecstasy, dejection and probably every possible human emotion worth talking about. In fact, their historic win literally took the charm of the five day test matches away; and cricket, which was known as the gentleman’s game, became a game of adrenalin ever after! They continued their campaign for two consecutive world cups, becoming the toast of the world, giving the black...