Proteas fast bowler Kagiso Rabada says there needs to be a better balance between bat and ball in the IPL.

Six totals of 200-plus have been scored in the first six matches, with the highest-scoring match seeing the Sunrisers Hyderabad rack up a mammoth 286-6 before the Rajasthan Royals replied with 242-6.

On Tuesday, Rabada conceded 41 runs in his four overs, while picking up a wicket, as his Gujarat Titans team fell 11 runs short of the Punjab Kings’ 243-5.

“The game has to progress somehow, but I don’t think it can just get too flat, like every single game. It would take the fun out of it,” Rabada told the Indian Express.

“You know, then you might as well call our sport batting, and not cricket. I have no issues with a few records being broken; that’s fine.

“High-scoring games are good, but so are low-scoring games. But you can’t have it tilting either side too dramatically, there needs to be a balance that is maintained between bat and ball.

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“You can’t sit back and complain about the conditions. You must do something about it as a bowler. However, the game of cricket as a whole would just be boring if you just saw high scores or low scores all the time,” added the 29-year-old.

“The most exciting games are the ones which hang in the balance, requiring batters to apply themselves when wickets fall and play really well to win matches for their teams, or bowlers to step up in the same manner. It shouldn’t be about just survival for either.”

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