CPL Introduces Major Changes in Upcoming Tournament

The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) is all set to kick off from 8th of August, this month. In the curtain raiser, Trinbago Knight Riders will square off against St. Lucia Stars in Port-of-Spain. It will be a month-long tournament, and the grand finale is scheduled to take place on the 16th of September.

The actual story:

The CPL will witness two significant changes in the impending tournament. One of the significant difference that the tournament will see is regarding slow-over rates.

The second significant change in the competition will be the introduction of the coin toss in the super overs. It is definitely going to fascinate many spectators.

In such a way, the team will face a penalty in run-rate if they fail to bowl their full quota of overs in stipulated time.

In case you didn’t know:

Conventionally, the captain and the players face fine of some percentage owing to their match fees in case of slow-over rate. If in any case, the process gets repeated, the captain is banned for a game or so.

When a match in Twenty20 format ends on the tie, the procession of super over prevails. When a condition of super over prevails, the chasing team will bat first. The batting team in the match then goes for a chase in the super over as per the norm.

However, the CPL management came up with an innovative idea. The administration has decided to ask for help from the coin in Super Overs as well.

A detailed description:

In the tournament of CPL, a team gets 85 minutes to complete its 20-over quota.

Some of the additional minutes get added in case of any injury, or unavoidable circumstance takes place.

However, a deduction will take place in the run-rate, if the team will fail to deliver its 20 overs quota in stipulated time.

Since the beginning of the tournament in 2013, it has been dogged by slow-over rates. If a side falls short by one over, 0.05 would be subtracted from their net run rate.

Michael Hall, the director of tournament operations for CPL said,

“We work hard each year to ensure that playing conditions are making the competition as fair as possible while also keeping the spectators and viewers at home entertained. We feel both of these changes will help with both of these goals,”