Ever wondered what over of the powerplay is taking place at any point in a match if you just switched on your TV? Add to that, you don’t know if it is a bowling powerplay or a batting powerplay (this is a little easy as most teams tend to use the bowling PP immediately at the start of the 11th over) . If you are an avid cricket follower like me, you would have gone through that frustrating feeling.
And you will have to go through it a lot more with the world cup coming up next year! I was wondering why the TV guys don’t follow a simple method to convey the details effectively (instead of just rotating “PP” and “BAT” / “BOWL”). I have tried to represent my idea below:
Powerplay representation in cricket
Something as simple as this will take out the confusion on powerplays for the viewers on TV. Even cricinfo should have something like this next to the over number. Agree? If you see this being used on TV, do alert me so that I can claim my royalty @ $100 for every over this symbol is used:p. Guess that should be enough to buy a significant stake in CSK before IPL 4!
