By some queer statistics – can you imagine what signifies that : 13th july 1974 to 12th Sept 1982
Today it was carnage ! by Head Master and a Student - at some point of time, when the screen queried would Sun Risers erase their own high score ! – the answer seemed obvious – for it appeared that 300 would be breached and perhaps even 400 was within the realms of possibility. All in a match where a 28 ball 53 may not be spoken off much – and Delhi bowlers could be commended for restricting their opponents at 266 in 20 overs ! - yes you are reading that right.
It was bloody carnage at Delhi in 35th match of IPL 2024 as Sunrisers reached 100 in just 5 overs - it read : Khaleel Ahamed 19; Lalit Yadav 21; Anrich Nortje 22; Lalit Yadav 21 & KUldeep 20 !!! What do you call today’s game !! ~ a nightmare for the bowler, grand work for the Statisticians !! at last Abhishek Sharma got out to a stunning catch by Axar Patel off Kuldeep having made 46 off mere 12 with six sixers, his partner Travis Head got out at 89 off 32 with 6 sixers and 11 fours. They broke the record held by Nottinghamshire with 106 for 0 against Durham in 2017 at Trent Bridge. The previous highest in the IPL was 105 for 0 by Kolkata Knight Riders against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2017.
Shahbaz Ahmed – left arm spinner and left hand bat made 59 off 29, hitting the last ball for a 6 to have a strike rate of 203. Today Travis Head got his 50 off 16 balls joining his partner as the fastest. Ahhishek had made 50 against MI earlier this season. This season Sunrisers have breched 250 thrice !!
I grew up watching One dayers and that was the time when a score 240+ was considered a safe score in 50 overs Cricket. India played their very first ODI at Leeds on 13.7.1974, batting first made 265 in 55 overs – Captain Ajit Wadekar made 67 while Brijesh Patel made 82 with 2 sixers. A very good score those days, yet they lost to England.
Their next score over 250 came in Sept 12, 1982 (29 matches later) at Amritsar against Sri Lanka. Krishnamachari Srikkanth blazed 57, while Ashok Malhothra’s 40 and Kapil Dev 49 took India to 269/7 in 46 overs (rain reduced) – India won comfortably. 300 was very formidable.
300+ was indeed formidable – in One dayers. Our first score of 300+ came on Apr 15, 1996 in Pepsi Sharjah Cup against Pakistan. India made 305/5 and won by 28 runs. Not many would remember that Sachin Tendulkar opened with Vikram Rathour. Man of the match Sachin made 118 while Navjot Sidhu made 101. Tendulkar and Sidhu had a partnership of 231. Paki attack consisted off Waqar Younis, Aaqib Javed, Ataur Rehman, Saqlain Mushtaq and Aamer Sohail. Rehman had forgettable figures of 10-0-85-1. Indian attack was Javgal Srinath, B Venkateshwara Prasad, Anil Kumble, Ashish Kapoor, Sachin Tendulkar and Ajay Jadeja.
The first time when 300 was breached in ODI Cricket too involved India, but what every Indian would like to forget !! ~ it was the 1st match of Prudential WC at London on 7.6.1975. England made 334/4 while Indians made an ungainly crawling 132/3 in 60 overs. Madanlal bowled the first delivery to Dennis Amiss who opened with JA Jameson. Amiss made 137. Fletcher made 48, Tony Greig was out for 4, Chris Old played a cameo making 52 off 30. Madanlal, Mohinder amaranth, Karsan Ghavri, Eknath solkar and Srinivasan Venkatraghavan were the bowlers.
Needing 335 – Sunil Gavaskar made 36 not out off 174 deliveries. Solkar made 8, Anshuman Gaekwad made 22, Gundappa Viswanath 37, Brijesh Patel 16 not out,. Indians would certainly like to forget this match.
Breaching 300 in T20 is likely to
happen this season itself in IPL – as bowlers continue to suffer in the hands
of power tool wielding big hitters.
20.4.2024
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