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Dravid: It will be a challenge
- Making TWENTY20 a success in India

Bangalore: Team India captain Rahul Dravid feels it would be a challenge to integrate the Twenty20 format in domestic cricket.

“Twenty20 match at international level is always going to be a success. Fifty50 (one-day Internationals) was a success. That’s not the challenge. The challenge is to see that it’s a success in domestic form as well... How it’s going to be done... What’s the way forward. I think, it’s going to be trial and error (method),” Dravid said here on Thursday.

“Twenty20 is ideally suited for England, where it’s played in the evening (between 5 pm and 9 pm), because of the nature of the game. It’s a brilliant game for England.”

“In India, one has to learn and experience how it works in domestic cricket. At this stage, one can’t say for sure this is the way it will work.”

“In 3-4 years, one might come up with a formula or format (for Twenty20) that would be suitable for sponsors and players,” added Dravid at a press conference to announce the second edition of Twenty20 cricket tournament for the Bradman Cup that gets underway here on Friday.

In spite of the popularity of one-dayers and Twenty20, Test cricket would hold its own, feels Dravid.

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