5 changes the BCCI made in IPL 2022

March 26, 2022. The 15th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will have 10 teams and there will be 74 matches, with each team having to play 14 matches. With the entry of two new teams, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Gujarat Titans (GT), the tournament is bound to get more interesting this year.

To add more to this, the Board of Cricket Control for India (BCCI) has introduced four new rules for the teams. From making changes in the Decision Review System (DRS), scheduling of matches in light of Covid-19, the BCCI has made new additions to the rules.

Here are 5 changes we will see in IPL 2022:

1. RESCHEDULING OF MATCH DUE TO COVID

If a team fails to field playing XI (of which seven must be Indian) along with one substitute fielder, then the match will be rescheduled for later in the tournament. If rescheduling is not possible, then the matter will be referred to the technical committee. “The decision of the committee will be final and binding,” said an IPL communique, reported by Cricbuzz.

This is a shift from the previous rule that the board will attempt to reschedule the match for later in the season. If this was not possible, the team deemed to have lost the match with the opponent was to be given 2 points.

The change was made by the BCCI keeping in view the Covid-19 situation. There is a possibility that a match might have to be postponed in case of a player or players of a team contracting the virus.

2. 8 REVIEWS IN A MATCH

The BCCI has also made changes in the DRS rules in IPL 2022. It has introduced eight reviews in a match from the earlier four. Earlier, each team had 2 reviews, which it could take in both the innings. In case of losing a review, the team was left with no review. But now, each team will have 2-2 reviews in an innings. This means a total of 8 reviews in a match.

3. NO CROSSOVER ON CATCH OUT

The BCCI has also endorsed the recent suggestion of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), which said that in case of a catch out, the new batsman will have to take the strike even if the previous batsman crosses over to the other side while the ball is in the air.

A necessity of this sort was needed in IPL. It can change the outcomes of the game. In the semi-final of IPL 2021, Delhi Daredevils lost the knock-out game to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).

Daredevils had turned the game towards itself in the final overs when it bowled out 6 KKR batsmen in a mere eight runs. The last over needed 7 runs off 6 balls and Ashwin had sent Shakib Al Hasan and Sunil Narine to the pavilion while Rahul Tripathi, the explosive batsman, was at the striker’s end. When Narine was caught out by Axar Patel, he had crossed over to the other side and Tripathi was at the strike instead of Lockie Ferguson, who was the new bastman. Tripathi hit the six on Ashwin’s balls and won the match for his team.

4. THE MANKADING EFFECT

BCCI has also said that Mankading would be treated as a run out in IPL 2022. The Mankading dismissal is when a bowler could dismiss the non-striker batter if the batter is out of the crease. Till now, the way of dismissal was treated as an unfair way but now it has been accepted by the MCC as a way of run out. The wordings of the law haven’t been changed and it has been shifted from Law 41 (Unfair play) to Law 38 (Run Out).

5. BREAK-UP OF A TIE

The fifth change pertains to the tie-up of a match in a playoff or final where the winner is undecided. If there is a possibility where a super over can’t take place, then the team which is higher on the points table will be declared the winner.

But in 14 years of IPL, 13 super overs have taken place and each time, a winner has emerged.

The first match of IPL 2022 takes place between previous season's winners Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Wankhede stadium on March 26, 2022.