Seven reasons why scoring 300s has become extremely easy in ODI cricket

Seven reasons why scoring 300s has become extremely easy in ODI cricket: Let me start it like the old fashioned stories, So ‘once upon a time getting past the 300 runs mark was considered a massive landmark in ODI Cricket and reaching there almost guaranteed a victory.’ It was not something which happened ages ago but it certainly seems like it. Imagine an ODI today is termed low scoring contest if the target is 260 or 270.

Things have changed considerably now and as the game has leapfrog in the past 2-3 years, Eighteen times the figure of 300 has been crossed in the last year’s ICC Cricket World Cup and thrice the teams have reached the illustrious 400 run mark. Here are the seven reasons why reaching 300 has become so frequent in the modern day cricket.

1. Change in fielding rules:

Change in the fielding rules is the most pertinent reason why totals have gone up drastically, earlier there used to be 5 fielders outside the 30 yard circle in the non power play over’s. But now a captain is allowed to only have four, reduction in one fielder has meant there is ample space on the ground which isn’t guarded by fielders. These open spaces have been fully exploited by the batsman as they have maneuvered the field excellently by hitting a boundary at will in death over’s.