I was thinking about the 973 record today and it's wild how many things have to click for someone to even get close. In my mind, only two scenarios can make it happen.
First, you need a batsman who is at his absolute terrifying peak and super consistent. Even then, luck plays a part. I'm talking about getting dropped early in a couple of innings and turning those lives into massive 80s or 100s. Take KL Rahul - he got dropped on 12 runs and then smashed 152 off 67 balls against Punjab Kings. Without those dropped catches, the momentum just wouldn't be there to chase near-1k runs.
Second, it's just maths. The BCCI keeps the league to 14 games even with 10 teams, which doesn't add up. If they scrap the random groups and make everyone play each other twice (home and away), each side gets 18 league games plus 2-3 playoffs. Those extra 4 games will eventually push the record down.
If someone breaks it in a 20-game season, it's not the same. To me, that 2016 run is still the pinnacle of T20 batting no matter what the record books say later.
What are your thoughts?
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Give Suryavanshi a few more years.
Re: How do you think this record can be broken??
By another batsman.
An opener, for sure.
WTF, his average is 81.
Just look at the consistency he had that season. With the impact-player rule, batsmen are more aggressive, so maintaining that level of consistency now seems impossible.
Surbhav Vairyavanshi.
I think Gill and Buttler came close in 2023 and 2022.
Even Virat can't replicate that magic. He was a beast that season.
No one's scoring nearly a thousand runs at a SR of 150 anymore. Teams prefer you score 600 at a SR of 180-200+.
It is breakable, I think, because the new settings favour batters a lot.