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IPL's Growing Popularity Increases Threat to Tests

Hindustan Times Delhi

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May 07, 2025

As the IPL and other leagues continue to grow, concerns increase about Test cricket. It's not strictly this versus that, but the success of one raises red flags for the other.

- Amrit Mathur

IPL's Growing Popularity Increases Threat to Tests

As the IPL and other leagues continue to grow, concerns increase about Test cricket. It's not strictly this versus that, but the success of one raises red flags for the other. Market indications suggest red-ball cricket is deeply in red—it doesn't make commercial sense.

If there was an election, with T20 and Tests as rival candidates, the latter would lose its deposit. The verdict of fans is clear, and critics, who love the tradition and romance of 5-day contests, are in a tiny minority.

The players used to consider Tests as the ultimate challenge and honor. They realized Test performances had lasting impact, brought respect and created a legacy. Compared to that, T20 scores are yesterday's headlines, which are quickly forgotten.

But the needle has shifted, and findings of the World Cricketers Association, based on extensive survey, tell a different story. An overwhelming majority of professional players across the world say they love Tests but love T20 cricket a little more. T20 cricket pays better, takes less time and, from a skill and hard work standpoint, is relatively easy. With better rewards and less work, T20 now is the obvious go-to option.

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The conclusion of negotiations for a free trade agreement, a Security and Defence Partnership and an arrangement to facilitate the mobility of Indian professionals are expected to be among key deliverables of an India-European Union (EU) Summit on January 27, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.

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Oscar-winner Keeravani composes score for R-Day parade

Oscar-winning composer MM Keeravani has composed the music for the Republic Day Parade.

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Noida CEO shunted amid anger over techie's death

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Govt to set up STP to provide clean water for Mehrauli reservoir

After years of neglect and being turned into a dumping area, 13th-century water reservoir Hauz-i-Shamsi in south Delhi's Mehrauli may soon get a solution to its pollution woes.

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Wise counsel for the courts

Ex-CJI DY Chandrachud bats for bail over pre-trial detention. Judges should take note

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Fashion icon, designer to celebrities

Italian designer Valentino Garavani, whose luxurious dresses adorned some of the world’s most elegant women from Jackie Kennedy to Audrey Hepburn, died at age 93, Italy's ANSA news agency reported on Monday.

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1 min

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A death caused by civic negligence

On Sunday night, a 27-year-old man lost his way in the and road pit filed the fog and drove off the road into a pit filled with drowned. It would have been easy to dismiss this as a freak accident, but for the fact that the young software engineer drowned in front of a large crowd.

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1 mins

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India, UAE come closer, set goal to double trade

India and the United Arab Emirates on Monday unveiled plans to finalise a strategic defence partnership and a 10-year agreement for the supply of 0.5 million tonnes of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) per year, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UAE president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed setting a target to double bilateral trade to $200 billion over the next six years.

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4 mins

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Birla slams repeated disruption of House

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday lashed out against disruption of the House, and pointed out that because Parliament and state assemblies sit for fewer than 100 days a year, “we can't afford to waste a single minute”.

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3 mins

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