Cricket is the most loved and popular game in India and the enthusiasm of fans is truly amazing when it comes to watching a cricket match but what if the result of the match is already pre-decided? We are going to talk about some records after which you will think that the victory in IPL was already decided.
The reason behind this is the timing; you can easily predict which team will win if the match is being played after 7 pm in IPL.
If we look at the last 6 T20 matches played in India, the team which has batted second has won the match, means the team which has chased the score has won the match.
It started with the T20 match between South Africa and Sri Lanka and it is still going on.
In the first match, Dhoni’s Pune team won the match easily by 9 wickets after chasing the score while Kolkata also defeated Delhi, batting second.
Not only this, out of last 10 matches, 7 have been won by the team which has batted second.
It’s crystal clear that the team batting second wins the match and for the same reason, 5 out of 6 times, the team winning the toss has opted for bowling so that they can chase the score and win the match.
But the question is why is this happening?
In this time of the season, dew falls in India. In the beginning, the pitch is rough and dry which helps the bowlers but in the night, due to the dew, pitch gets wet and ball comes easily on the bat. This also poses difficulty for the bowlers as they find it difficult to make a grip and spinners also find problem in turning the ball.
Fielding also becomes difficult due to dew and this is why batting second is easy. This was also visible in the T20 World Cup, if you remember in the Semi-finals, West Indies easily chased the score even after losing two wickets early.
Cricket Experts Shoaib Akhtar and Gautam Gambhir said on News channel ABP news that matches should not be played in night as it will help the team batting second.
Now the same thing is happening in IPL too and every team knows that chasing is easy in night rather than putting up a score on the board.
So why are the matches being played in night? Why is BCCI ignoring this fact? The reason is that it is easy to pull the crowd to the stadium in the night but what if the audiences also come to know of this phenomenon? Who will come to watch matches then?
To keep cricket matches interesting, it is necessary to decide whether the T20 matches should be conducted in night or not.