Push back the boundary ropes
Updated On: 29 April, 2024 07:51 AM IST | Mumbai | Sunil Gavaskar
The batting has simply been out of this world and some of the sixes would have been sixers even on the biggest grounds. That said, there is a serious need to have a look at increasing the size of the boundaries
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Kolkata Knight Riders’s Sunil Narine clouts one against Punjab Kings at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday. Pic/AFP
Last week, the IPL proved that the new par score in T20 cricket has to be around 220. Not only have teams batting first regularly scored more than that, but the teams chasing down the target have come very close to overhauling that score.
The batting has simply been out of this world and some of the sixes would have been sixes even on the biggest grounds in the world. That said, there is a serious need to have a look at increasing the size of the boundaries because while some of the sixes have gone into the stands, a lot of them have gone just over the rope where the fielder has had to jump and missed catching it by inches. If the boundary ropes were therefore to be moved back a little, some of those sixes would have been dismissals. It is totally understood that with broadcast media rights going for humongous amounts as well as ground advertising rights, that the sponsors who are such an important part of modern-day cricket need to get visibility too. Moving the LED board back towards the fence, they will still give the sponsor great visibility.
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