How many runs a single player can score in 300 balls? The answer to famous WhatsApp puzzle

ongoing coronavirus crisis prompted International Cricket Council (ICC) to postpone worldwide cricketing activities until furr tice. Even highly-anticipated Indian Premier League 2020 (IPL 2020) season was recently postponed by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). With live cricket cover on offer, cricket lovers across country are spending ir quarantine time by engaging in fun activities like playing indoor games, spending time on social media, watching classic cricket highlights and more. Some people are also sending various quizzes and puzzles on various social media platforms like WhatsApp which one might find challenging and entertaining to solve. Among many puzzles and quizzes, one of more popular ones circulating on WhatsApp is ‘How many runs a single player can score in 300 balls’.

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‘How many runs a single player can score in 300 balls’ math problem answer

famous ‘How many runs a single player can score in 300 balls’ is aimed at finding out how many runs can an individual batsman truly score in a 50-overs contest. condition of puzzle excludes any ‘extras’ on offer, i.e. wides, -balls, byes and leg-byes. While chances of setting of question occurring in international cricket is nigh impossible, it does pose an interesting challenge towards those who claim to have a sharp kwledge of game. Here, we present you answer to ‘How many runs a single player can score in 300 balls’ puzzle along with a detailed explanation of same.

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‘How many runs a single player can score in 300 balls’ – A question for all cricket lovers

A question for all fans of sport, ‘How many runs a single player can score in 300 balls, with wides, -balls, extras and overthrows? What is maximum number of runs he can score?’. Apart from being a question for all cricket lovers, solution to above question is also answer to a tricky mamatical problem.

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‘How many runs a single player can score in 300 balls’ – Math problem answer to a question for all cricket lovers

Here, we refer to batsman in question as ‘Batsman A’. As Batsman A is on strike first-up, he will hit five consecutive sixes only to take three runs off final ball of first over that would yield 33 runs. Taking three runs off last ball of first over will enable him to retain strike for next over. In second over, Batsman A follows same scoring pattern once again to accumulate ar 33 runs. He repeats same till 49th over which w takes his individual score to 1,617 runs (33 x 49). In 50th (final) over, Batsman A will go for six sixes (36 runs) in six balls that takes his score from 1,617 to 1,653 runs.

Hence, with help of 251 sixes and 49 threes in innings, answer of ‘How many runs a single player can score in 300 balls’ is 1,653 runs.

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