Even as the New Zealand wicket keeper is contemplating hanging his wicket keeping gloves, Brendon McCullum has expressed his thoughts on the changing, rather evolving, game.
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McCullum fears the truly fast bowlers may become virtually extinct in Test cricket given that they now have the option of playing a four over Twenty20 match in something as lucrative as the IPL.
McCullum believes if that were the case, it would indeed be a huge disappointment for Test cricket that occupies a pedestal uniquely its own. Likewise he fears that with the advent of Twenty20 and its phenomenal growth, there are few backers for ODIs that could see a premature death.
At the moment, the Kolkata Knight Riders are desperately missing his big hitting services, though fellow New Zealand cricketer Shane Bond is doing his best with the ball.
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