Cricket has lengthy moved on from ‘Catches win matches’. In Twenty20 cricket, a handful of runs within the PowerPlay supplies a stable headstart to the batting group.
Gone are the times of sluggish and regular begins. It is throughout the first six overs that opening batters exploit the fielding restrictions – solely two fielders are allowed exterior the ring – to look to register as many boundaries as attainable.
Some have mastered the artwork. Like Royal Challengers Bangalore’s skipper Faf du Plessis and talisman Virat Kohli. The duo, scoring at a median of 62.88 per recreation, have additionally had two century stands this season. Their better of 148 got here in an eight-wicket victory towards Mumbai Indians.
Chennai Super Kings’ Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad are the one different opening pair within the prime 5 to have cast a 100-plus-run stand.
Here are the highest 5 opening combos of IPL 2023 up to date till RR vs GT –
Serial No. | Opening batters | Innings | Runs | Average | 50 | 100 | Highest |
1 | Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis | 9 | 566 | 62.88 | 2 | 2 | 148 |
2 | Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal | 9 | 453 | 50.33 | 5 | 0 | 98 |
3 | Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad | 9 | 438 | 48.66 | 3 | 1 | 110 |
4 | Kyle Mayers, KL Rahul | 8 | 365 | 45.62 | 4 | 0 | 82 |
5 | Wriddhiman Saha, Shubman Gill | 10 | 273 | 27.30 | 1 | 0 | 71 |
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com