COSCO  NIPL (SEASON-1)

TOURNAMENT RULES & REGULATIONS

1. THIS TOURNAMENT  WILL BE RUN  ON LEAGUE CUM KNOCK-OUT BASIS  LIMITED TO  15 OVERS A SIDE.

2. 16 TEAMS WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS TOURNAMENT  DIVIDED INTO FOUR GROUPS (A,B,C AND D) OF 4 TEAMS EACH.

3. TWO LEADING TEAMS FROM EACH GROUP  WILL BE QUALIFIED FOR THE QUARTER FINALS.AND MATCH WILL BE FIXED LIKE-
( WINNER OF GROUP  A VS 2ND PLACE OF GROUP D ,WINNER OF GROUP  B VS 2ND PLACE OF GROUP  C,WINNER ON GROUP C VS 2ND PLACE OF GROUP  B ,WINNER OF GROUP  D VS 2ND PLACE OF GROUP A.) 
SEMI FINALS Q1 VS Q4 AND Q2 VS Q3.

4. FINALS WILL BE PLAYED BETWEEN  THE WINNERS OF THE SEMI FINALS

5. POINTS SYSTEM WILL BE AS SUCH:-

A. TWO POINTS FOR A WIN IN EACH MATCH 
B.ONE POINTS TO EACH IN CASE OF THE MATCH  BEING ABANDON.

6. IF A LEAGUE MATCH  IS INTERRUPTED OR ABANDONED  DUE TO RAIN,BOTH   THE PLAYING TEAMS WLL BE AWARDED ONE  POINTS  EACH AND NO RE MATCH  WILL BE PLAYED.IN KNOCKOUT MATCHES,A REMATCH WILL BE GIVEN IN THE WEEKDAY OR WEEKEND BASED ON GROUND AVAILABILITY(MORNING MATCH ONLY)

7.IN CASE OF A TIE THEN THE RESULTS WILL BE DECIDED  BY A “SUPER OVER” WHEREIN BOTH  THE TEAMS  HAVE  A LIST OF 4PLAYERS (3BATSMEN AND 1BOWLER)  FROM THE PLAYING  ELEVEN AND  THE TEAM BATTING SECOND IN THE NORMAL MATCH WILL BAT FIRST IN THIS CASE.

8. A MINIMUM OF THREE LEAGUE MATCHES  ARE ASSURED  TO EACH PARTICIPATING TEAM.

9 .EACH BOWLER WILL BE ALLOWED TO BOWL  MAXIMUM OF 3 OVERS.

10 .ALL THE MATCHES IN THIS TOURNAMENT  SHALL BE PLAYED UNDER  THE LATEST ICC LAWS LIKE EXTRA  RUNS SCORED IN NO BALLS, WIDES,  And  FREE HIT ETC

11 .ANY OF THE EXISTING RULES CAN  BE ALTERED, AMENDED CANCELLED OR SUSTAINED BY THE TOURNAMENT  COMMITTEE.

12. FOUR LEAGUE MATCHES WILL BE PLAYED IN A DAY AND  THE TIMINGS  WILL 7AM, 9.15AM, 11.30AM  AND 2 PM.MATCHES WILL BE PLAYED ON MATTING/TURF WICKETS BASED ON AVAILABILITY.

13. AT ANY GIVEN  TIME ONLY  THE CAPTAIN  OF THE TEAM MUST AND HAS RIGHT TO SPEAK (NO ARGUMENT) TO THE UMPIRE .UMPIRE DECISION  WILL BE FINAL ON ALL COUNTS.

14. IN A MATCH, ALL THE PLAYING MEMBERS SHOULD COMPULSORILY WEAR  THE GIVEN OFFICIAL T-SHIRT AND TRACKS.

15. IF A PLAYER WANTS  TO WEAR A CAP. HE SHOULD WEAR CAP ONLY PROVIDED BY THE ORGANISERS.

16. BEFORE THE TOSS  IN A MATCH, BOTH THE CAPTAINS MUST HANDOVER  THE LIST OF THEIR PLAYING  ELEVEN TO THE MATCH OFFICIALS AND NO CHANGES WILL BE ALLOWED THEREAFTER. THE CAPTAIN  MUST  GIVE  THE DECISION  TO BAT OR FIELD AT THE TIME OF TOSS ITSELF.

17. NO TEAM SHALL REFUSE TO PLAY FOR THE REASON  THAT EITHER ONE/BOTH  THE OFFICIAL UMPIRES ARE NOT  AVAILABLE OR HAVE TURNED UP. WHEN  SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES  ARISES, THE MATCH SHALL BE PLAYED WITH  THE ASSISTANCE  OF ANY OFFICIAL  UMPIRE  AVAILABLE AT THE GROUND OR WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE  OF THE ORGANIZERS.

18.THE PLAYING  TEAMS MUST BE PRESENT IN THE GROUND, 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE START OF THE PLAY AND  ARE REQUIRED TO  TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN BELONGINGS AS THE ORGANIZERS  WILL NOT  BE RESPONSIBLE  IF ANYTHING IS LOST .

19. ALL THE TEAMS  MUST  CARRY  THEIR OWN KITS . THE ORGANIZERS  WILL ONLY  BE PROVIDING BALLS FOR  THE MATCHES.(FACILITATING KITS PROVIDED). BASIC REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALL TEAMS  DURING COURSE OF TOURNAMENT AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE COURSE  OF TOURNAMENT.

20. ONCE  THE PLAYING 11 IS SUBMITTED NO CHANGES WILL BE MADE.ALL THE PLAYERS MUST  BE PRESENT DURING THE PRAYER JUST BEFORE START OF THE MATCH.IF  THE PLAYER DOES NOT COME HE WONT BE ALLOWED AT ANY COST  TO  TAKE PART IN THE MATCH (CAPTAINS SHOULD MAKE SURE THEY GIVE  THE NAME  OF 11 PLAYERS AVAIALBLE),(IRRESPECTIVE OF BATTING OR BOWLING FIRST ,THE NO. OF PLAYERS AT THE START WILL ONLY  BE ALLOWED).NO ARGUMENTS WILL BE ENTERTAINED. (TOSS  IS 10MINS BEFORE THE MATCH).

21. DURING THE FIELDING, IF A FIELDER IS OUT OF THE GROUND  FOR MORE NUMBER OF OVERS  THAN HE IS IN THE GROUND, THEN THAT PARTICULAR FIELDER WILL BE ALLOWED TO BAT AT NO.6 OR  THEREAFTER ONLY.

22. NO BY-RUNNER WILL BE ALLOWED IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. IF THE BATSMAN RETIRES BY ANY INJURY, HE CAN  COME  IN AT THE LAST WICKET.IF  RETIRES BY TIREDNESS,IT IS DECLARED AS  RETIRED OUT.

23.RAIN INTERRUPTION – IF IN ANY MATCH  THERE IS RAIN DELAY UMPIRES WOULD WAIT FOR 1 HR FROM  SCHEDULED TIME TO  CALL OFF  THE PARTICULAR MATCH(OVERS  TO BE PLAYED WILL BE DECIDED  BASED ON TIME LOST)OR ELSE TEAMS  WOULD SHARE POINTS  I.E 1 PT EACH.THE SCHEDULE OF OTHER MATCHES WILL NOT CHANGE THEY WILL BE PLAYED AT THE MENTIONED  TIME.IF THE WHOLE DAY IS WASHED OUT – RULE NO.6 WILL APPLY.

24. BEFORE TOSS  THE UMPIRE IS TO ANNOUNCE THE NUMBER  OF OVERS FOR THE MATCH,IF  THERE IS ANY DELAY DUE TO  NATURAL CALAMATIES. IT IS THE DUTY  OF THE UMPIRE TO  SEE THE THAT THE TIME IS NOT  WASTED  IN THE FIELD.60MINS ALLOTTED PER INNINGS.

25 .INCASE OF SLOW OVER  RATE, THE CAPTAIN  OF THE TEAM WOULD BE PENALISED.OCCURENCE OF TIME OVER  EVEN THE GRACE  TIME WOULD LEAD TO ONE MATCH SUSPENSION FOR THE CAPTAIN.NO ARGUMENTS WILL BE ENTERTAINED.

26. FIRST 4 OVERS OF EACH INNINGS  SHOULD BE TAKEN  AS  POWER PLAY MANDATORY AND ONLY TWO FIELDERS ARE ALLOWED OUTSIDE 30YARDS CIRCLE.

27 .FREE HIT WILL BE FOR  ALL NO BALLS.DURING THE COURSE  OF A FREE HIT,THE BATSMAN CAN  BE DISMISSED ONLY BY RUN OUT , HANDLING THE BALL,OBSTRUCTING THE FIELD OR HITTING BALL TWICE AND HIT WICKET.

28 .MAN OF THE MATCH  WILL BE DECIDED  AND  PRESENTED  BY THE UMPIRES  AT THE END OF THE EACH MATCH.

29. OTHER AWARDS  WILL BE PRESENTED  AT THE END  OF THE TOURNAMENT.

30 .CHUCKING RULE – IF A BATSMAN APPEALS FOR CHUCKING  ,A WARNING WILL BE GIVEN AND THE LEG UMPIRE WILL  TAKE NOTICE  OF THE ACTION  .IF FOUND  GUILTY, HE WILL BE BARRED FROM BOWLING IN THAT MATCH.IF THIS HAPPENS  A SECOND TIME,BOWLER WILL BE BANNED FROM BOWLING  IN WHOLE TOURNAMENT.IT IS PURELY UMPIRE S DECISION NO ARGUMENTS.NOBODY  CAN OVERTURN THIS DECISION.

31.BALL REPLACEMENT- IF BALL LOST WITHIN  FIRST 3 OVERS –NEW BALL WILL BE GIVEN, THEREAFTER OLD  BALL WILL BE THE REPLACEMENT  BALL.

32.PLAYER REPLACEMENTS ARE NOT  ALLOWED IN THIS TOURNAMENT  AT ANY COST.THE TEAM MUST PLAY WITH  THE SQUAD  THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.NO  REASONS  OF INJURY,PLAYER UNAVAILABILITY,EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OR ANY REASON FOR THAT MATTER WILL BE ACCEPTED.TEAMS MUST PLAY WITH  AVAILABLE REST OF THE SQUAD. 
ANY TEAM GIVING BYE WILL BE SUSPENDED  FROM  TOURNAMENT  AND BARRED FROM REST OF SEASONS AS WELL.

33.ALL THE TEAMS  WILL PLAY IN GOOD SPIRIT AND MAINTAIN THE DECORUM  OF THE GAME AND NO ONE WILL BE ALLOWED TO PASS ANY COMMENTS/REMARKS ON ANY ONE/S ON THE FIELD OR OFF  THE FIELD. LIQUOR AND SMOKING STRICTLY PROHIBITED INSIDE THE GROUND.  IF ANY OF ABOVE SUCH INCIDENT COMES TO NOTICE, THE TOURNAMENT COMMTTEE HAS FULL POWER TO ENQUIRE  THE MATTER AND  IF PROVED TRUE, THEN SUCH  TEAM INCLUDING THE PLAYER/S  WILL BE PENALIZED AND SUSPENDED FROM  THE TOURNAMENT.

34. THE DECISION  OF THE TOURNAMENT  COMMITTEE SHALL BE FINAL IN ALL MATTERS  AND WILL NOT  BE CALLED FOR IN QUESTION EITHER BEFORE ANY COURT OF LAW. FOR ANY COMPLAINTS & SUGGESTIONS, TEAMS CAN CONTACT THROUGH MAIL  – GRANDSPORTSEM@GMAIL.COM .

THE PLAYING 11 WILL STAND AT THE TIME OF PRAYER, WHOEVER MISSES( TEAM SHOULD PLAY WITH SHORT).PLAYER IN SUBSTITUTE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE IN PLAYING 11 AT THE LAST MINUTE.THIS IS VERY CLEAR.NO ARGUMENTS WILL BE ENTERTAINED.PRAYER IS 10 MINS BEFORE MATCH START.

NOTE- THE POINTS  IN BLOD MUST BE CAREFULLY READ  BY THE MANAGEMENT. ANY CLARIFICATIONS,  CAN  BE DISCUSSED WITH THE COMMITTEE.