Former Indian Cricket Legend Sunil Gavaskar The ongoing 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) has called for a change in pitch and ground conditions to create more balanced competition between bowlers and batsmen. The batsmen have so far dominated the tournament in a big way with the bowlers struggling to make influence in most matches.
The Gavaskar pushed the border ropes back and highlighted the need to increase the dimensions of the land. The opener said that LED is the space available behind the advertising boards, which can be used to expand the sports sector.
This season, six out of the 22 innings played in the first 11 matches have crossed the 200 -run mark. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) even crossed 250 in his initial match, which shows heavy bias towards batting -friendly conditions.
“While the attitude of the batsmen in the powerplay has changed considerably, what has not changed, it is not the size of the boundaries, yet despite being more space beyond the LED advertising boards, which can almost be pushed to the fence. So often we see the sixes only cleaning the boundary line, which is well left out of LED boards, which can give up to some extent. Written in a column for mid-day.
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Mumbai -born batsman also emphasized the need to increase the prize money given to the players at the end of the matches. The top-order batsman reported that while sponsorship and other revenue currents have increased considerably over the years, the prize money has been unchanged for the players since the inaugural IPL season in 2008.
“Another thing where the size remains the same, it is a cash awards from sponsors at the end of the match. While the title sponsorship and other sponsorship, plus broadcasting revenue has increased incredibly, the match player is getting a lot of back in 2008. Now IPL has also added its parents.
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