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Done in 90 minutes is the concept Shaji Ul Mulk may have thought while conceiving the first ever T10 Cricket League but at the draft, on Sunday onboard a luxury yacht berthed at the Dubai Marina, most concurred that this shortest format of the game could open the doors of Olympics for cricket.
"The way cricket is getting shorter its chances of being accepted as an Olympic sport are getting stronger," Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed, who is leading Danube-owned Bengal Tigers, told Khaleej Times on the sidelines of the draft for the first ever T10 Cricket league that will be played at the historic Sharjah Stadium from December 14-17.
Eoin Morgan initially said that he had no answers to the question about T10 could pave the way for cricket getting into the Olympics. "(I) don't know the answer," he said as his initial reaction while admitting that it was a very good question. At the same time, Morgan was quick to admit that it (T10 cricket) had the potential. "There was a talk of T20 getting in, that never happened but never know." England's captain in shorter formats, however, strongly felt that this (T10) was a start for something special.
An Emirates Cricket Board member, Waleed Bukhatir, whose father Abdulrehman Bukhatir started cricket in the desert in the 80s, also believes that the T10 format has all the ingredients to be an Olympic sport. "It all depends on how T10 shapes, if audiences digest the idea than this is an ideal time frame that could be enjoyed at the Olympics."
"I think if a shorter version of rugby (7s) can be part of the Games then T10 could also be well received at the Olympics," Bukhatir reckons.
The shorter duration games like football, hockey, volleyball and other team sports are very popular at the Olympic Games, so a 90-minute-long game of cricket could also catch up with the imagination of the fans at the Games.
That shorter period is exactly what inspired Shaji to think about hosting an international league of T10. "I got the idea while watching a soccer game and I thought to myself, ninety-minute is ideal to have a great time, as with the other sport, why not cricket of intense energy," Shaji said during the first televised player draft for the T10 Cricket league.
He stressed that the rules were according to the ICC mandate and though there was a large element of fun in the quick version, the contest would be intensely competitive. He also hoped that the T10 format would soon become a regular fixture on the world cricket calendar and be played by the best players in the sport.
The enthusiasm of Shaji and his team for this format drew praises from Morgan. "It is admirable that organisers have belief in this new format and I think they are pushing the limits," he remarked on the sidelines of the draft.
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