After scenes seen in the last season of the IPL, it was believed that this would continue in the new season and may be more explosive. This has proved to be true in the first 5-6 matches of the IPL 2025 season.
In the IPL 2024, the batsmen scored a lot and scored a constantly big score. But in 2025, the IPL season has begun in a manner, leaving all speculation and expectations. Statistics show that IPL 2025 is hit in less than six balls than the previous season, while the run rate in the powerplay has also become the highest in the history of the tournament.
The IPL began with a match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. In this match, Bengaluru scored a 175 -run target in just 98 balls. The match hit 15 sixes, while 39 fours were hit.
While Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 286 runs in the second match of the season, which is the second largest score in the history of the tournament. Ishaan Kishon scored a century in just 45 balls. Rajasthan also scored more than 240 runs in this match.
Obviously these figures are sufficient to prove that the tournament has started well. But if we want deeper, we may get more statistics that confirm that this season is proving to be better for the batsman than last year. According to ESPN-CRICINFO, if we compare the first 5 matches of IPL 2024 and IPL 2025, this year there is a boundary on almost every fourth ball.
Statistics show that a boundary was hit at 5.3 balls in 2024, but this year it has become a boundary at 3.9 balls. Not only that, one six is being hit by every 9.7 balls this time, while in 2024 every 13.9 balls were beaten. By the fifth match last season, 87 sixes were hit, while by the fifth match in the 2025, the figure reached 119 sixes. At the same time, 146 fours have been hit this time compared to 136 fours in 2024.
If we talk about the run rate, this has also increased a lot. Especially in the first 6 overs, in the power play, the run rate has increased drastically. The average run rate of power play was 8.76 in the first 5 matches of last season, which was very good in itself but this time it has gone straight to 11.35. This is enough to say that the batsmen are taking a more aggressive approach this season and the way for the bowlers is becoming very difficult.
In the middle of the over, the run rate has also increased from 7 to 16. It was 8.25 last season but now it has been 9.64 runs per over. However, Death Overs has not changed much and in 2025 it is 12.62, while in 2024 it was 12.02.
Now if such a few balls are being hit, sixes and fours are being hit, it is natural to raise the run rate. This is also affecting the number of runs coming from one over. In this 18th season of IPL, this has happened 20 times in just 5 matches when the batsmen have scored 20 or more runs in one over. The figure was only 8 overs in 5 matches last season. This is clearly enough to say that the batsmen are ready to break all the old records this season and the bowlers are yet to face more. (All Photo Credit: PTI)
In the IPL 2025, the batsmen have batted aggressively. This time the batsmen are batting more aggressively compared to last season. Click here to read all the news linked to the IPL
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