"Well, sort of. Each fielding team is entitled to a strategic timeout, lasting two minutes, in each innings.This two minute break shall be at the end of 60 balls.

 

In what seems to be a quite arbitrary decision, strategic timeouts cannot be taken during the first 25 balls/five overs/powerplay of any given innings.

 

 • Aha, so the powerplay lives on?

 

Naturally. The first 25 balls of every innings will see fielding restrictions imposed - with only two players outside the inner circle.

 

 • How many ‘overs’ make a match? 

 

It’s funny, isn’t it… the playing conditions have to speak in overs to satisfy the laws of the game but when you watch all this on telly it’ll all be in balls. So: a minimum of five overs (25 balls) must be bowled to the team batting second to constitute a result, unless a result has been achieved earlier. Basically, F5 is the shortest format we might get. Talk about giving cricket a refresh!

 

 • And what happens if it rains?

 

Well, all those folk experiencing cricket for the first time will get to experience Duckworth Lewis Stern for the first time. The DLS Method (who are strangely not one of the acts booked to perform at venues across the country during the competition) has had its algorithm tweaked for the tournament.

 

Okay, here’s one I bet you don’t know… what happens when teams are level on points in the group stage?

 

You can’t catch me out. The following tiebreakers come into play:

 

Number one - net run rate

 

B - Average points per match

 

Point the third - balls per wicket

 

Fourthly - the drawing of lots

 

Yeah. 

 

 • And when matches are tied? What happens then?

 

If it’s in the group stage or the knockouts it shall be a super 5.Thats What We call a SUPER 5.

 

 

There’ll be a ‘Super Five’ - almost identical to a super over except a ball shorter and it’s not allowed to be called an over. The team which was batting second in the match proper will bat first, and have five balls to score as many runs as possible. If they lose two wickets, that’s it.

 

 

And if that’s tied?

 

Then in such a case this shall go for one more Super 5 and after 2 consecutive Super 5 then it shall be a Super 5 Bowlout.5 Different bowler shall bowl at the Stumps and team hitting the maximum times on stumps shall be declared winner,but now if super bowlout is tie then the match shall be declared as a tie and even the trophy shall be shared in case of a final and in case of a league 1 point shall be shared to each team.Uffff

 

 • Any other notable changes I should be aware of?

 

Oh yes. Batsmen/batters cannot cross. Well, they can, there’s not a forcefield in place, but if the two players at the crease cross in the process of one being caught out, the not out player must return to his or her original end. 

 

The umpire will keep an eye on front-foot no balls . A no ball will cost the bowling team two runs rather than one, with a free hit applying the following delivery (free hits will also be given for no balls for height from bouncers). The field can’t change but can retreat 15 yards from previous positions for the free hit.

 

In line with T20 playing conditions, batters have 60 seconds rather than two minutes to get to the crease to avoid being timed out and, and this is in the playing conditions for both The Hundred and the T20 Blast, they “are expected to jog to the wicket”."

 

 

 • Do i need to be Vaccinated In order to play "Pinak_The Hundered"

Yes Definately.The Covid 19 Protocalls Of The Organising Comitee has decided that all the players need to be vaccinated for Dose 1 atleast and the Vaccine should be an ICMR Approved One-Either Covacine /Covishield Or The Russian Sputanik.

Thus we conclude that only players who are above 18 Age Shall be Participating in this tournament as Indian Goverment has still not Announced Vaccine For below 18.(Ufff thats Tough But thats how it is.!!!!)

 

So Friends These Are Some of The Rules That You All Teams /Captains And Players Need To Know Before We Blast Out "PINAK_THE HUNDERED".

 

APART FROM ANY OF THE ABOVE RULES ALL THE FINAL DECISIONS SHALL REST IN HANDS OF UMPIRE ON FIELD AND THE ORGANISERS AND THEY SHALL BE BINDING TO ALL TEAMS/CAPTAIND AND THEIR PLAYERS.ALL REMAINING RULES SHALL BE AS PER THE T-20 RULES.

 

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