The Oddsworth Smell Test
Claim
“Guwahati is a much better batting ground than the average Indian venue in ODIs, and 350 is about the least a side needs there”
Can't tell yet
Data Barsapara's average full-length first-innings total in men's ODIs is 348, against 291 at other Indian grounds, across just two matches at the venue.
Guwahati has a name as a road for ODI batting, the kind of ground where a side needs a huge total to be safe. The men's matches back that up so far: full-length first innings at Barsapara have averaged 348, against 291 at other grounds in India since the stadium's first ODI in October 2018.
The scoring rate points the same way. Across every men's ODI innings in that period, Barsapara has gone at 6.91 runs per over, against 6.00 elsewhere in India.
Those figures come from two matches, West Indies' visit and Sri Lanka's, both run-fests that India won. Two big-scoring days make a strong first impression, but they are thin ground for calling 350 the minimum there.
The women's matches tell a different story
In women's ODIs over the same period, Barsapara's five matches, all at the women's World Cup, produced 4.56 runs per over across all innings, against 5.17 at other Indian grounds. Full-length first innings averaged 212 at Barsapara, against 249 elsewhere.
Same ground, same era, and at the World Cup the runs dried up, with South Africa bowled out cheaply by England.The men's games have delivered bigger totals and faster scoring, the women's have gone the other way, and Barsapara needs a few more men's ODIs before 350 counts as par.