Is Winning The Toss Getting Too Important In The IPL?
Has the element of luck in winning or losing the toss grown far too important; in the trade-off between luck and skill? Winning the toss and electing to bat second increases your chances; of winning by as much as 40% in the IPL. Over the last six years, the team batting first has won only 150 of the 364 matches; played in the IPL, while the side batting second has won 214.
“The dew factor is also essential,” explains S Rajesh, ESPNCricinfo’s Stats Editor. “If you look at the last several seasons, especially 2019 and 2021; the team bowling first has had a distinct advantage. They can bowl a drier ball for the first five or seven overs.”
The importance of the toss is reflected in the betting odds (in England); for each match: if a side wins the toss, their chances of winning increase by at least 10%.
For example, if Team A vs. Team B’s likelihood of winning is 55 percent : 45 percent before the toss; and Team B wins the toss, the chances shift to 45 percent : 55 percent. Alternatively, if Team B wins the toss and the chances are 65 percent to 35 percent before the match; the odds shift to 55 percent to 45 percent.
The table demonstrates that every team appears to be aware of the toss and batting; second luck – 76 percent of lucky captains who win the toss choose to field first.
Putting runs on the board no longer seemed to provide them with a sense of security. Instead, they’re aiming for a score of 200 or above.
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Seth Bennet, a sports broadcaster located in the United Kingdom who covers leagues all over the world; says, “In the entire world of cricket, there has been a shift in thinking where batters are able to deliver their expertise under duress. The bowlers must now go back and see what they can do.”
The importance of the toss is a new phenomenon: before to 2016, the side that batted second won 50% of the matches – a totally different game than the IPL of today, when luck is so much more important than it was previously.
Captains who won the toss also chose to bat first in 50 percent of the matches during the earlier years of the IPL (2008-2015), when batting first or second didn’t make much of a difference.
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So, what should we do? Is there any way to get rid of this excessive element of luck? One alternative is that in the IPL competition, each team plays two matches against each other, the first of which is determined by a coin toss. However, there is no toss in the second match they play against each other: the team that lost the toss in the first match is deemed to have won the toss in the rematch and can choose to bat or field first.