Champions
League T20 or Twenty20 is a typical international cricketing event of three
hours with each innings lasting
around 75–90 minutes having a 10–20-minute interval. This is much shorter than previously-existing
forms of cricket. In total 12 teams participate of with ten of them being the
permanent members of ICC, while the remaining two are chosen by the Board
through qualifying matches for the final event. However, in 2014 16 teams
participated in it.
Since its inception the game has been very
successful, resulting in its spread around the cricket world. The inaugural ICC World Twenty20 was played in South Africa in 2007. Every two years an ICC World Twenty20 tournament is to take place, except in
the event of an ICC
Cricket World Cup being scheduled in the same year, in which case it will be held the year
before. In cricket, the
concept of franchises or clubs hasn’t really caught on before the advent T20.
For the fans, cricket has mostly been about national passion and they are used
to the national rivalries, having been fed on nation versus nation
confrontations for years now.
Twenty20 cricket is claimed to have
"raised the bar" in terms of fitness levels for all players,
demanding higher levels of strength, speed, agility and reaction time from all
players regardless of role in the team. This might lead to fatigue and
tiredness among players. Indian
Premier League was the dawn of a new era in T20 cricket. Unlike football, it is still more about the
cricketers than the team itself. If a
cricketer of any team (upon whom audiences & other team members can
support) fails to give his best, then the whole team suffers for this.
However, the biggest problem of the CLT20 seems
to be the scheduling of the tournament also. Players hardly get time for rest
to give their best in the 20-20 overs. A continuous pressure of various matches before and after T20
disturbs their concentration. So, to some extent T20 is causing a great
massacre of cricket, as a result of which cricket gradually is loosing its
charm. There are no specific formats of batting. Runs play major roles, a match
is a success if it possesses maximum number of runs.
The
format of ICC World Cup T20 is first World Cup starts
with round robin, which is followed by Super 8s & then the Semi-Finals
& the Finals which detect the winner. Since 2007 five seasons of T20 was
successfully played till now. This year INDIA hosted the event & the finale
was held on APRIL 3, 2016 AT EDEN GARDENS between ENGLAND & WEST INDIES
Aindrila Chatterjee
( PG MEDIA 2015-2017)
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