Going lower than T20 will come with huge compromises, discerns Dilip Doshi

As Taufel went about sharing anecdotes from his life and his earliest memories associated with the game, Doshi, who played 33 Tests and 15 ODIs, was asked about the T10 format and other shorter formats, in general.

“T20 is the lowest ceiling in my view for maintaining some of the aesthetics of the game. Once you go lower than that, you will have to make huge compromises and I think the game would suffer from that compromise,” Doshi told PTI.

“The exceptional talent can come only from the proper breeding ground. I think more and more T20s and more and more shortened versions are showing that people with incomplete actions, bad actions, sledge-hammering game for 10 balls are winning the Man of the Match and they have suddenly arrived on the scene…,” he continued.

“So from this angle they filter upwards, then I think they are found wanting at the higher levels. If you really want to watch the game properly, the quality must filter from the top, which is from Test cricket, first-class cricket downwards, that is my personal opinion,” Doshi said.

Doshi further added a word of praise for the current Indian pace attack comprising Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma, who picked up 14 of the 20 wickets, leading the Men in Blue to a crushing win in the first Test against Bangladesh in Indore.

“Very pleasing. India was always known for spinners but now we have some fast-bowlers who can be termed as high-quality great bowlers. It is a very, very good change and I welcome it,” Doshi added.