Lucknow Super Giants posted the second-highest ever IPL score by posting an innings of 257 against Punjab Kings in Mohali on Friday. Royal Challengers Bangalore’s 263 against Pune Warriors India in 2013 is still the highest score, but the fact that it took a team 10 years to come close to RCB’s mammoth score is testament to the fact that Chris Gayle & Co. What did he do at the Chinnasamy Stadium? in 2013.
However, the LSG attack on Friday was also special and if you take a closer look at the team’s scores this season, a clear pattern emerges – teams scoring more runs in this edition than in previous years.
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LSG kept the record keepers to work till late and apart from being the second highest team, one of the records of the current IPL season made with the match in Mohali was the highest number of 200 plus scores (20). IPL 2023 surpassed IPL 2022 which recorded more than 18 200 scores.
but even before 38th match played, Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis; Ajinkya Rahane and Devon Conway; Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler; And Shubman Gill and Venkatesh Iyer – all these batsmen took the already burgeoning Indian Premier League to new heights.
The current season saw the highest average score for the first innings as well as the second innings. The average first innings score after 34 games was 179 – seven more than the second best year in 2018.
Similarly, the average second innings score after 34 matches was 165 – the second best year, again, six more than 2018.
The only aspect where 2023 to 2018 inches ahead is the successful run chase. While 166 was successfully chased as an average target in 2018, 165 in 2023 is one run behind. However, with a few more games, the 2023 season has every chance of surpassing the 2018 tournament.
But what would you attribute such high scores to – a more aggressive batting style, predictable and below-par bowling, or batting-friendly pitches?
While these factors cannot be quantified, run-scoring trends can be determined over the entire 20 overs. The average powerplay score in the first innings – 49 – is the second highest this season, one run behind the average score of 50 in 2018. The average second innings score of 48 is the fourth highest. This shows that the batsmen have mastered their powerplay game – more so in the first innings.
But the phase of the game when batsmen have dominated the most this season has been the middle overs. The teams have scored 72 runs in overs 7 to 15 in both the innings and this score is second to none in other seasons. The average first innings score is two runs behind 2018’s 74. The second innings score topped 202 with 72.
The death overs have not been as expected this season. The first innings average in overs 16-20 has been 50, which is fifth in the entire season. But the statistic which is completely against the trend is the average death overs score in the second innings – 37. This is the lowest death overs average in all seasons.
While some odd matches did not see the end of the match, many other run chases were marred with a very inept approach towards the run chase. LSG’s batting against GT, failing to chase down 35 in the last six overs, is a prime example of this.
When we talk about pitches and playing conditions, some stadiums contribute significantly to the above trend.
The average first innings score at Wankhede (185), Eden Gardens (222), and Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (179) is the highest for a venue. Chinnaswamy Stadium (194) and Chepauk (175) with the second best first innings average scores at the venue. The only stadiums to fall behind in the list are the Sawai Mansingh Stadium (154) with the sixth highest average score, and the Arun Jaitley Stadium (154) eleventh on the list compared to last season.
One of the other reasons for such high scores could be the absence of some lethal bowlers including Jasprit Bumrah, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins. Injuries to the likes of Jofra Archer and Mark Wood only add to the list.
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While the current season has already broken half the previous season’s stage records, it can only be expected that by the end of the season, the firecrackers will be louder and brighter, the kites will fly higher, and the crowd will make it more colourful.
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