‘Make Pitches Flatter, There's Scope To Score 300’: Sanjay Manjrekar’s Irony-Laced Swipe At T20 Pitches (AP/PTI)
\n\nThe India vs West Indies series has been insane, with even 200+ scores not safe to defend. The series saw West Indies chase 250 in the second T20I, and the last three matches have seen both teams post scores of over 200. It's great to be a batter when every rule favour you, but what about the bowlers, and what about the sport? Surely cricket is not just hitting sixes for fun. Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar took a cheeky dig at conditions that heavily favours the batters, saying that there is still scope to make the pitches flatter and boundaries smaller so that 300s can be scored regularly in 20 overs.
\n\n"I really think there is scope to make pitches flatter, boundaries smaller, more rules against bowlers… for us to regularly get 300 in 20 overs," Sanjay Manjrekar wrote on X.
\n\n"If you only want to see sixes and fours, then we also want to see that. If you want an even contest, then we also want an even contest, because bowlers are our bowlers too, right? They aren't foreign bowlers; their careers…
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