When there is 1 run to win, why strategic time out..!?

 A comedy incident took place in the match between punjab and lucknow in the IPL 2025 season. Batting first in the 13th league match held in lucknow, the lucknow team scored 171 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. In this situation, the punjab team played aggressively and scored centuries, and the team reached the target of victory by losing just two wickets in 16.2 overs. In this context, in IPL matches, the batting team is given 2.30 minutes in an innings to plan its tactics, and the bowling team is given 2.30 minutes to plan its tactics. Generally, there was an allegation that this rule hindered the pace of the match.
Sachin Tendulkar had also been accusing him since his playing days that when this strategic time is taken, the player's attention is distracted, and due to this, the batsmen are immediately dismissed when the innings start again. However, the bcci did not change this rule. At this moment yesterday, while the lucknow team was bowling, a strategic timeout was taken at the end of the 16th over. At that time, punjab needed only one run to win. This is what the fans are now teasing. Why did the LSG team take this timeout when there was 1 run? Fans have also said that if this had been taken a little earlier, the punjab team's run-scoring pace would have been stopped.

In this situation, there has been criticism that this time-out is a bcci plan created for advertising and has nothing to do with cricket. There has been a demand that this time be allocated to earn money by putting in excessive advertisements and that it should be removed. cricket experts have said that taking this time-out when there is such a run is a mockery of cricket.
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Sowmiya Sriram

02/04/2025 06:22 PM