Cricket(no more a)Mania?

So finally Saurav Ganguly, one of the India's fab-four, has called it quits!

And this is the most spotlight-hogging news from cricket since a long time.
Blame it on Twenty-20, perhaps, or even on the overdose of cricket, but really the interest is dwindling and that too at an alarming speed.
There were no takers for the Eng-NZ series, not many for Irani trophy, and certainly any for the tour game Aussies played.
India-SL tour was a dud (offcourse world found a new dude in Ajantha Mendis on that one)
Even the high-profile India-Aussies series has not created that much an hoopla as expected.

So is cricket's popularity on a decline? I should say 20-20 looks the flavor of the season and its fan-base is ever increasing It has even converted many 'huh-I-don't-like-that-stupid-game' types to neo-followers. Test cricket is still alluring. Infact due to increased no of non-drawn tests, its growing healthily.
ODIs seem to be the ones who have a major beating due to 20-20. Somehow 50 overs just sound just too long and boring. The strategies and approach, insipid.

One more reason I think why its getting boring is its just too skewed in favor of batsmen.
Bowlers are being mauled. 300 on any pitch seems normal. I wish the parity returns somehow and we might again get to see nail-biting contests between batsmen and bowlers.

So can the series starting from 9th get me glued back to my TV...lets wait n watch!

Song of the moment : Tum ho To - Rock On

i remain.