For as soon as, the bowling fraternity was not rendered second-class residents by the tip of a T20 match.
The T20 World Cup 2024 within the USA and Caribbean had the bowlers modulating the heartbeat till India emerged triumphant after an exhilarating closing in opposition to South Africa.
The final 5 overs of the title conflict will proceed to be performed on loop for years for instance how India’s tempo trio comprising Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya pulled a rabbit out of the hat regardless of T20 batting royalty in type of Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller needing 30 runs off as many deliveries and the fats girl on the point of clear her throat.
The ultimate act was symbolic as after 52 matches within the first 20-team T20 World Cup, the bowlers completed with 679 wickets, recording the perfect common (19.14) and economic system fee (7.04) throughout the 9 editions.
However even because the bowlers tightened their stranglehold and pushed batting strike fee to its lowest (109.96) because the 2007 version, the batsmen discovered one thing to cheer within the Caribbean.
| Version | Host(s) | Sixes Hit | Balls Per Six | Complete Runs in Event | % of runs in sixes |
| 2007 | South Africa | 265 | 22.5 | 7396 | 21.49% |
| 2009 | England | 166 | 36.3 | 7201 | 13.83% |
| 2010 | West Indies | 278 | 21.36 | 6967 | 23.94% |
| 2012 | Sri Lanka | 223 | 26.35 | 7014 | 19.07% |
| 2014 | Bangladesh | 300 | 25.79 | 9125 | 19.72% |
| 2016 | India | 314 | 23.98 | 9169 | 20.54% |
| 2021 | UAE and Oman | 405 | 24.35 | 11479 | 21.16% |
| 2022 | Australia | 331 | 28.82 | 11169 | 17.78% |
| 2024 | West Indies and USA | 517 | 21.35 | 12140 | 25.55% |
Sixes to success
The 2024 version of the T20 World Cup will go down within the file books as a paradoxical marketing campaign for batsmen. Even with the dwindling scoring charges on various surfaces throughout the USA and the Caribbean, the batsmen have thrived with improved strategies of six-hitting to counter the consequences of detached pitches.
Whereas the variety of sixes was anticipated to extend with extra groups and extra video games, it’s price noting that the six-hitting charges soared to their highest throughout all editions, regardless of circumstances within the West Indies and the USA not all the time within the batsmen’s favour.
The match ended with a file 517 sixes, with a most struck each 21.35 balls, this season. It displaced the 2010 version – the final World Cup held within the Caribbean – that had a balls-per-six ratio of 21.36.
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Curiously, by no means earlier than has six-hitting been such an enormous issue within the general scoring in a T20 World Cup and the willpower of a winner. As a lot as 25.55 % of the entire match runs (12,140) have been amassed by way of maximums.
It was outstanding that the match recovered from the sluggish contests within the USA to mission such improved feats of six-hitting by the tip. Whereas 109 sixes have been hit in 9 matches in America, a most each 27 deliveries, 39 video games within the West Indies bore a whopping 408 sixes at a Bp6 ratio of 19.8 – virtually single-handedly bettering the figures set by any previous version.
Champions India made essentially the most out of their developed batting philosophy to make a distinction within the Caribbean leg of the match. Rohit Sharma’s aspect completed with 1,256 runs of their marketing campaign, essentially the most by any group in an version. Their pronounced emphasis on sixes introduced over 30 % of those runs, with their whole of 61 maximums solely bettered by West Indies’ 62, additionally from this version.
| Host(s) | Sixes Hit | Balls Per Six | Complete Runs in Event | % of runs in sixes | |
| 2024 | In West Indies | 408 | 19.8 | 9261 | 26.43 |
| In USA | 109 | 27.14 | 2879 | 22.71 |
There have been 47 situations of batsmen aggregating a minimal of 10 sixes in an version of the T20 World Cup. This 12 months, a file 13 of them breached that mark, with Nicholas Pooran setting a brand new benchmark at 17 sixes.
The share of runs by way of sixes jumped from 23.94 in 2010 to 26.43 this time, exemplifying the added worth of six-hitting within the Caribbean. It’s right here that India waltzed ahead by a powerful margin, smashing 50 sixes in solely 5 matches versus West Indies (62 in 7 video games) and Australia 50 in 7 video games), with skipper Rohit main the cost with 11 sixes.