The second phase of IPL 14 started last week in UAE and till now this phase has not gained momentum and one of the reasons for the slow start of the IPL is low scoring matches and the pitches.
I am shocked that pitches are this slow especially in Sharjah wherein the first half of last season IPL there were scores of above 200 in every match and even Abu Dhabi pitches were good to bat on too, but this season Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah pitches look slowish to me as the ball is not coming to the bat properly and the ball is holding on the pitch which makes strokes playing a bit harder and the lack of bounce worsen the things. And don’t get me wrong but to be honest, in T20 I want to see pitches where there is a pace and bounce because this generation like IPL because they get enticing cricket to watch where there are lots of sixes and fours, and matches are so tight that till last over you don’t know who is going to win. People can criticize me for this that low-scoring matches are interesting. Yes, I agree with them but seeing every match as low scoring doesn’t excite me and from IPL you expect better as a cricket fan. And you want to see those big innings from young guns and those heroic spells from bowlers like Kartik Tyagi bowled against Punjab Kings.
And one more concern I have that how pitches will be in World-cup because there are too many matches yet to play in this edition of IPL and after IPL pitches will be prepared for World-cup again but seeing these wickets at the starting of the IPL scares me because in T20I world-cup you don’t want to see matches where 140 runs are made and batsmen are struggling to make runs. So, I hope in the future we will see more fantasizing cricket.
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