Given: Score in 16th innings is 120 Increase in average is 6 Formula Used: Total score = Average × No. of Innings Calculations: Let the initial average be ‘k’ ⇒ New average =k+6 ⇒ Total Score after 15 innings =15k ⇒ Total Score after 16 innings =16(k+6)=16k+96 ⇒15k+120=16k+96 ⇒k+6=30 ∴ New Average =k+6=30