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Mumbai, April 28: Former New Zealand pacer and current Sunrisers Hyderabad assistant coach James Franklin believes it is ultimately up to fans to decide if high-scoring IPL matches are “boring”, as the game remains heavily skewed in favour of batters.
As many as 31 scores in excess of 200 have been recorded in 40 matches of IPL 2026 so far, which includes the season-best of 265/4 by Punjab Kings in reply to Delhi Capitals’ 264/2 in Delhi a few days ago.
“From my point of view, I’m deeply entrenched in the game. I’m getting consumed by what’s happening in the here and now,” Franklin said when asked if the high-scoring contests in the IPL are becoming boring.
“The opinion of whether it’s getting boring or not is probably up to the likes of yourselves and the consumers that watch it.
“We’re dealing with the here and now in terms of this in real time, this is how the games are panning out at the moment that are high scoring. We have to, from a coaching and a team point of view, work generally with that,” the Sunrisers Hyderabad assistant coach added.
Few days after amassing a 260 plus score this season, Delhi Capitals also registered the lowest total when they were shot out for 76 by Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Monday.
Franklin said it will be interesting to see if the future editions of the IPL would have more for the bowlers as the game is “very skewed”. (PTI)
