Baby it is easy with new rules, u have always one side of the ground to hit though also the kind of phattas cricket is being played on makes it even easier.
U seem to be a big stats fan so come up with an innings kohli played in testing conditions against quality bowlers while chasing.he is the king of phattas.
Tell me how many times teams have won after posting 300 since change in rules particularly changes in field restrictions.i think I should be 70% matches won by chasing team.
Last 10 years:
300's in both innings: 304
300s by team batting first: 244
300s defended successfully: 202/244 = 83%
Last 5 years:
300's in both innings: 137
300s by team batting first: 108
300s defended successfully: 85/108 = 79%
Last 2 years:
300's in both innings: 69
300s by team batting first: 56
300s defended successfully: 45/56 = 80%
Last 12 months
300's in both innings: 30
300s by team batting first: 27
300s defended successfully: 24/27 = 89%
It must be evident that 300s were, are, will be difficult to chase for the foreseeable future. The first batting side makes 300 score once every three innings, while the second batting side makes 300 once every twelve innings. The first batting side also defends 300s 80-90% of the time, whatever time frame you want to be happy with.
Chasing is always hard when the target is huge. Setting up and defending big targets are much easier compared to chasing tall scores. History is proof.
