IPL 2024 has been marked by the massive amount of runs scored in the initial phase of the season as teams have breached the 200-run mark over ten times in the first half of the season.
Sunrisers Hyderabad, who have been particularly dangerous with the bat, have taken T20 batting to the next level having posted totals in excess of the 250-run mark thrice this season already.
SRH demonstrated the carnage they are capable of against Delhi Capitals on Saturday as they smashed 266 runs in 20 overs thanks to openers Travis Head, and Abhishek Sharma and a half-century from Shahbaz Ahmed to close the inning out.
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On the back of such high-scoring performances that have come by this season, legendary Indian player Sunil Gavaskar opined that the boundary sizes needed to be increased so as to give bowlers some help.
“I wouldn’t suggest any changes to a cricket bat because they are all within regulations,” the legendary batter began.
“But I have been saying this for a long time, increase the size of the boundary at every ground,” he asserted.
The 74-year-old suggested that pushing the boundaries a bit further, be it a couple of metres, could prove to be the difference between a boundary and a wicket.
“Look at this ground today, there is enough space to take it back a little more by a couple of metres. It can often prove to be the difference between a catch and a sixer,” he elucidated.
“You can push that LED or advertisement boards even further so that the boundary rope can go back by 2-3 metres and that will make a difference,” the legend said.
Gavaskar added that bowlers would suffer being hammered for runs if the said change isn’t implemented.
“Otherwise, the bowlers are the only ones who will suffer,” he added.
He went on to compare the batting performances off late to the final set during the net session where the batter just goes about swinging their willows in a heavy manner before finishing up the session.
“What we have been seeing in T20 cricket over the last few days is that this is batting like the coach tells in the nets, ‘This is the last round,’ and everybody starts swinging their bat around bang, bang whether they get out or not,” Gavaskar explained.
“It’s enjoyable to a little extent, but after that, it gets…not so exciting. I wanted to use a stronger word, but no,” he added.
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