A drastic change in ODI and Test cricket rules..!?

 Many former legends and cricket experts have been warning that international one-day cricket is dying. The reason is that one-day cricket is completely in favor of batsmen and that reverse swing has not happened in one-day cricket due to the use of a new ball at both ends. Due to this, there was an allegation that no one watches one-day cricket as the batsmen are busy playing the entire 50 overs, which is tiring for the fans. In this situation, the ICC has decided to change this rule. Accordingly, it has been announced that two balls will be used up to 25 overs and only one ball will be used from the 25th over to the 50th over. That is, one of the two balls used after the 25th over will be discarded. The other existing ball will be used for 50 overs. This will give the ball a chance to reverse well in the last ten overs. The bowling team will decide which of these two balls we are going to use for 50 overs.
 A team led by Ganguly conducted a study on this and found that the umpires changed the ball used for one-day matches because it gets damaged after 35 overs. Now with the new rule, only one ball can be used from 35 to 37 overs. Due to this, the ball does not get damaged. The ball also reverses well. Similarly, fewer overs are being bowled in Test cricket. All the teams have forgotten the rule of bowling 90 overs per day and now bowling 70 overs has become a big challenge. Considering this, the ICC has decided to introduce a rule that will require 60 seconds between the end of an over and the start of the next over. It seems that if you take more than 60 seconds for the third time, you will be penalized with five runs for each time. A decision will be taken on these new rules at a meeting to be held in Zimbabwe. It will be known when these new rules will come into effect.
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Sowmiya Sriram

11/04/2025 07:09 PM