New Delhi, March 27 -- To begin, a simple prediction-the first 300-plus score in the IPL will be scored this season.

Who will bet against this? On 22 March, in Sunrisers Hyderabad's (SRH's) game in Hyderabad against Rajasthan Royals (RR), the home team amassed 286 runs, on the back of 12 sixes and 34 boundaries in 20 overs-nearly a boundary every second ball for the duration of the innings. 

Such is the ease with which batters have hammered bowlers, that RR managed 242 in the chase. This was not even the highest score in the IPL, which is also held by SRH, when they hit 287 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) last season. 

The IPL, which sets the standards for T20 cricket in the world, and, by extension, all cricket, ...