The steadiness between bat and ball in modern-day cricket has as soon as once more come beneath the highlight, with Sunil Gavaskar voicing robust issues over how closely the sport now favours batters within the T20 period.With large scores changing into routine within the ongoing IPL 2026 season and totals above 250 now not thought-about secure, Gavaskar believes bowlers are being left with little or no safety. The previous India captain pointed to shorter boundaries, stricter fielding restrictions and the rising energy of recent bats as key causes behind the rising imbalance.Writing in his column for Sportstar, Gavaskar particularly questioned the present interpretation of the vast bouncer rule. In keeping with him, quick bowlers are being unfairly penalised when a brief ball passes solely barely above the batter’s head.“There’s the ‘vast ball’ name for a bouncer going barely over the batter’s head. That is like asking a quick bowler to bowl with one hand tied behind his again,” Gavaskar wrote.He argued that whereas grounds nonetheless have sufficient house to push boundaries additional again, bowlers are as an alternative being put beneath much more strain by means of strict legal guidelines. Gavaskar steered that pacers ought to be allowed a bit of extra margin when bowling bouncers.“If that rule may be tweaked to permit the fast a margin of 1 foot, roughly the size of the bat deal with, above the top whereas in his batting stance, that may give the quick bowler some aid and encouragement to fireside in some extra,” he added.Gavaskar additionally revisited an ancient times in limited-overs cricket when bouncers had been fully banned. He recalled how lower-order batters had been promoted as pinch-hitters as a result of they knew bowlers couldn’t assault them with short-pitched deliveries.“This isn’t to pat my again, however after I took over as Chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee, the opposite members joined me in bringing the bouncer again within the format, albeit one per over per batsman. The pinch-hitters disappeared. Extra importantly, the bowlers bought one in every of their weapons again,” he wrote.The batting nice additional questioned why bowlers ought to face restrictions when batters are free to aim any shot they need.“You don’t prohibit a batter from taking part in any shot, do you? So why prohibit the bowlers from making an attempt all of the varieties that they possess?” Gavaskar stated.The previous opener additionally directed his enchantment in direction of Sourav Ganguly, urging the present ICC Cricket Committee chairman to contemplate measures that might restore some steadiness within the sport.“So, c’mon Sourav Ganguly, once you chair the subsequent ICC Cricket Committee assembly, spare a thought for the bowling fraternity too,” Gavaskar concluded.