Effects of T20 [IPL] on One-Day Cricket.

We have witnessed a revolution in the world of cricket with the advent of T20, and IPL took it to a different level all together.

IPL model was so successful that most of the big Business School in India are encouraging their students to do a case study on the Business Model of IPL.(Well that not the point which we would be discussing in this article)

Now that IPL is a success and it is pretty much going to be part of cricket, what would be its consequences. Namely, what would happen to the other formats of the game like Test matches and One-Dayers. Enough has been written and discussed about what would happen to test cricket, but lets ponder over the issue that what would happen to our beloved(I personally like both tests and one-day's) ONE-DAY 50 OVER CRICKET ?

Before we start talking about the various effects of T20 on One-day lets consider this.

For those who are not aware of this, the highest one-day total ever scored in 50 overs is 434/4(1st innings), and I must add that the team which went on to achieve this feat is none other than Australia. The other thing which is important to note that in that very same match South Africa went on to defeat Australia by scoring 438/9 runs with one ball remaining. The entire world was amazed by the result and everyone was saying that this was probably an epic game, something which would never happen again. So on and so forth.

Now lets consider this: After watching players like Brandon McCullum score 158 runs of just 73 balls do we still believe that score like 434 in 50 overs will not be chased down?

According to me the first impact of T20(IPL) on one-day cricket would be the runs scored in one day would definitely go up. Scoring 300+ runs in the first innings is becoming a norm, very soon 400+ would be considered to be a DECENT total. A team scoring less than that would be considered a weak team. I know its a bit of exaggeration but I can see some team to go onto score 500(Again I am not saying this would happen tomorrow, may be it will never happen, but after seeing the way players like Shaun Marsh and Gambhir are improvising and scoring at such a rapid pace while playing genuine cricketing shots, 500 is definitely a possibility).

The second major impact and this is my personal favorite:
We all have seen Sreeshant and Ishant getting all excited and sledging both Australian and Srilankan players in the just concluded CB Series(I don't mean to point out Indian players, we all know that Australians are the worst of Sledgers,But thats not the point). Now because of IPL both international and national players got the opportunity of playing along with each other, it enabled them to share same dressing room and eventually these players celebrated victories together.

Now that Ishant and Ricky Ponting have played together, do you think Ishant would still react the same way as he used to if they are playing against each other ? Shane Warne and Graeme Smith have cursed each other in the worst possible ways, called each other names etc., but now Smith is admiring Warne's captaincy. Similarly in one of the matches Kamran Akmal(a pakistani player) was being cheered by Indian crowd against none other than Sreeshant, I could have never imagined that to happen in the wildest of my dreams.

So when these players who are playing together now, do play against each other with the support of an entire nation behind them in any international game do you think the level of aggressiveness would remain the same, I am not doubting the commitment and competitive level, I am sure that the competition would always be there. But dont you think Irfan Pathan and Shaun Marsh would treat each other with a lot more respect now that they have played together and are friends(at least companions).

And the final(I am sure there are more, but I thought these 3 were the most prominent ones) major impact.
I have to admit that T20 is an extremely fast paced game. The games usually last for 3-4hours. One-dayers on the other hand take a LONG time( about 9 hours). Now that people are used to the entertainment which they get in less that 4 hours, will they have the same level of eagerness to watch a one-day game which they had earlier. I know many women and girls who hated cricket because it took a long time, and their family members would WASTE the entire day watching it, Most of those women and girls watched IPL games with a lot of excitement. People like me would still watch One-day cricket, but think about a common man, I think he would prefer to watch a T20 game instead of a One-Day.(We all know how boring overs no.20-35 are).
I would hate to see this happen but I think we would see a decrease in the popularity of One-Day cricket in the near future.

What do you all think about these impacts, Do you all(I am sure you all will) agree that One-Day would never be the SAME ?

Feel free to express your thoughts.