Sharjah Cricket Stadium Pitch Report for IPL 2021 and T20 Records

Despite the Covid-19 scare from the Sunrisers Hyderabad’s camp, the second leg of the IPL 2021 is currently underway in the UAE. Sharjah Cricket Stadium is all set to host its first match on Friday. Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings will come face to face in the 35th match of the tournament to strengthen the Play-off qualification chances. Find ahead, the pitch report of the Sharjah Cricket Stadium for IPL 2021.

Sharjah is going to host a total of 10 matches of Phase-2 of IPL 2021. Eight league stage matches, the Eliminator, and the Qualifier 2 match is scheduled to be played in the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

Sharjah Cricket Stadium IPL 2020 Records

• Total Matches: 12
• Matches won by the team batting first: 5
• Matches won by the team batting second: 7
• Highest team score while batting first: Delhi Capitals – 228/4 vs KKR
• Highest team score while batting second (in defeat): KKR – 210/8 when chasing DC’s 228
• Lowest team score while batting first: CSK -114/9 vs MI
• Lowest team score while batting second (in defeat): KKR – 112/9 when chasing RCB’s 194
• Biggest total chased: Rajasthan chased Punjab’s 223
• Lowest Total Defended: Delhi defended 184 vs Rajasthan
• Sharjah Cricket Stadium average first innings score in IPL: 178
• Sharjah Cricket Stadium average second innings score in IPL: 163
• Best bowling figures for a spinner: Rahul Tewatia (RR) – 3/37 vs CSK
• Best bowling figures for a pacer: Trent Boult (MI) – 4/18 vs CSK
• Total wickets taken by spinners: 35 (3.0 wickets per match)
• Total wickets taken by pacers: 89 (7.4 wickets per match)
• 50+ scores by batsmen: 25 in 12 matches (Average 2 fifty-plus scores per match)
• Highest individual score: Mayank Agarwal (PBKS) – 106(50) vs RR

Sharjah T20I Records

Scoring Pattern

Below Score 150: 8

Score between 150 and 169: 3

Score between 170 and 189: 2

Above Score 190: 1

Sharjah Pitch Report for IPL 2021

The Sharjah wicket has all in offer for the batsmen. The batting-friendly pitch, in addition to the short boundaries makes Sharjah a batting paradise. Batsmen clear the ropes easily due to the short boundaries and often big totals are seen here. The bowlers, whether the spinners or the pacers, have to rely on their variations in order to pick up wickets in Sharjah. The pitch in Sharjah has nothing to offer to the bowlers and bowling stock deliveries might lead to being predictive and going for big runs.

In the last edition of IPL, a series of big totals were seen in Sharjah and the same is expected this season as well.  Here, the teams managed to score totals of 200+ runs at ease last year and those runs were also seen getting chased. Hence, no total is really safe in the Sharjah pitch.

What the teams should learn from the behavior of the Sharjah Pitch in the last IPL season is that it got better to bat as the match progressed. With the same Pitch in Sharjah for IPL 2021, the teams after winning the toss should look to bowl first here.

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Sharjah IPL 2021 Schedule