Kolkata, March 22 -- In the first 50 years or so of its existence, cricket didn't change much. It remained textbook.
Next fifty years, it tried to keep up with the times - covered pitches, helmets for batters, six-ball overs, no rest days - but nothing too over the top.
One-day cricket arrived with coloured clothing, white balls, dark sight screens and multiple camera angles but it still hadn't started tinkering with the game for a good 20 years.
Seismic, however, were the changes the game underwent after T20 waded into the scene.
All very innocuously of course. Remember the first T20 International between Australia and New Zealand in 2005? Players wearing floppy hats, aviators and retro style shirts, making it seem very much a casual o...