#4 Braver declarations by captains
Captains nowadays are not afraid of declaring the innings early and set shorter targets for the opposition to chase. To push for the victory, they tend to give the opposition a sniff at the target so that they would get tempted to go for the chase rather than playing for a draw.
It does two things – the batting team loses wickets in the quest for achieving the target and the bowlers then dominate to win the match, or a good start gives the batting team the chance to get closer to the target and with the run-scoring abilities of the batsmen these days, anything is possible.
Earlier, the fielding captains used to play safe and wouldn’t declare the innings until they were sure of at least a draw from the game. A sizeable score was given to the opposition to chase at the end, with lesser time, and the onus would be on them to bat out the remaining overs to enforce a draw.
