5 Reasons Why 400 is the New 300 in ODIs

5 Reasons Why 400 is the New 300 in ODIs: Power hitting and intensified swaggering is the new cheat code for success in the shorter versions of the game. We witness totals of over 400 runs being surpassed in ODIs with acute ease. And the thing doesn’t end here. We further witness totals of 400 even prove tough to defend on occasions. As many as 5 totals surpassing 400 have been made in this year so far in ODIs.

This smashing new era of cricket has shifted the balance in favour of the batsmen, leaving marginal scopes for a bowlers. Nowadays, teams cannot ponder into a zone of comfort even after setting up totals of over 300 and quite often than not, we see 300+ scores being chased down with ease and with a number of overs to spare. There were times a decade back, when victory seemed to be imminent for a team once it reached to a total of 300 or more. Nowadays teams can’t even breathe easy by scoring 400+. So, in order to dissect this revolutionary aspect of the game, here we discuss the 5 reasons why 400 has become the new 300 in ODIs.

1. Presence of Power Hitters:

With the advent of over-aggressive batsmen, capable of shattering the bowling of the opposition; teams can plan to score big and they do possess the necessary commodities by the likes of such hard hitters to put those plans to effect. Like we have seen players scoring century of 31 deliveries, players scoring 175 off 66 deliveries, some have successfully maintained a strike rate of 180+ in a big tournament like the World Cup. Yes, there are guys like AB de Villiers, Gayle, McCullum, Warner, Maxwell, Anderson, Martin Guptill and others that provoke teams to score big and they act as positive catalysts to such high totals.