A working sketch of the venue's boundary rope, overlaid with the side-of-pitch six-rate share. The boundary map is the desk's way of reading a single venue before the toss.
The off-side and square-leg combination is where boundary hitters on most Indian T20 tracks have historically cashed in. Sixer tags tonight's hot-zone share from the venue's last twelve innings.
Square-leg is the most reliable six-zone on most Indian venues. With the field up in the powerplay, a controlled pull or a lap over square-leg clears the rope 11–14% of the time at the bigger grounds.
Off-side over extra cover is the second hot zone. The off-side carry depends on the wind direction; Sixer logs which side of the boundary the evening wind crosses and tags the off-side share accordingly.
The combined off-side and square-leg zone accounts for roughly 62% of all sixes on a typical Indian T20 venue. The desk reads the share, not the absolute count — the share is what makes the captain call.
Mid-wicket rewards the controlled pull. The boundary is mid-length; a mistimed pull goes for two, a clean pull clears the rope. The warm zone is where the anchor captain makes points.
Mid-wicket boundaries average 64–72 metres on the bigger Indian venues — long enough that only a clean strike clears the rope. Sixer tags the boundary length from the venue's published boundary plan.
Mid-wicket is where captains keep two fielders through the middle overs. The fielder ring is what turns the warm zone into a 1–2 boundary window rather than a 4–6 boundary window. Sixer logs the ring from the broadcast feed.
The warm zone is the anchor captain's natural scoring area. Sixer weights the anchor tier by warm-zone contact rate, not by absolute runs — the lean is the working read.
Long-on and long-off are slog-or-die zones. The straight boundary is the longest on most Indian venues; a clean strike still needs 78–82 metres of carry to clear the rope. Captains who go there are gambling on fielder positioning.
Long-on and long-off boundaries sit between 78m (the smaller grounds) and 92m (the bigger grounds). Sixer tags tonight's straight boundary from the venue plan; the slog-or-die read follows.
Long-on and long-off have one fielder each through most of the innings. The fielder is positioned 4–6 metres inside the rope. Sixer reads whether the fielder is up or back before flagging the zone.
The slog-or-die zone accounts for roughly 7% of all sixes on a typical Indian T20 venue. The share is small but the leverage is large — a clean strike here is the captain call that wins a league.
A short note on the questions the desk hears most about the boundary map.