Across the 84 IPL matches which have been played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru since the inaugural edition of the league in 2008, the average score posted by the teams has been nearly 173 runs.
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For a sample size so huge, one can easily infer that the venue is one of the most batting friendly pitches in India, with pitches providing the ideal bounce, thereby helping the batters to play their strokes without second-guessing themselves.
Also, the surface here has hardly had much assistance for the spinners as well, making it even much worse and challenging for the captain out there with his ten fielders.
“It’s a very mosaic-looking surface. Not much seam movement, not much spin. With the size of the ground, 200 here is a must. Small boundaries, good surface,” remarked the Kiwi commentator which describing the nature of the M Chinnaswamy Stadium pitch ahead of the match between RCB and LSG in the ongoing 16th season of the IPL.
As it turned out, the match ended up being a high-scoring thriller, with both the teams collectively scoring 425 runs across 40 Overs.
Is M Chinnaswamy Stadium a Small Cricket Ground?
Yes. What further adds to the headache for the fielding side is relatively smaller boundary dimensions of this international stadium in Bengaluru.
During the aforementioned IPL match at this venue, the shortest boundary length towards the Fine Leg region (for the right-hander) from the pitch was mere 54 meters.
However the straighter boundaries, including those at the Extra-Cover and Mid-wicket region measures around 70 meters, and the square boundaries are in the vicinity of the 65-metre mark.
Overall, while this ground can be termed as small with respect to boundary dimensions, the key for the bowlers is to bowl as straight as possible and force the batters to hit more shots down the ground.
M Chinnaswamy Stadium likely to host the final Virat Kohli-MS Dhoni face-off
While only MS Dhoni knows what MS Dhoni does and plans, if it indeed is MS Dhoni’s final IPL season for the Chennai Super Kings in the capacity of a player, we might well see him play against former India skipper Virat Kohli for the last time tomorrow, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
For those unaware, RCB and CSK will only play once during the league stage in the ongoing season.
