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What is BCCI’s ‘Impact Player’ Rule and how cricket experts react

By ayush gautam

BCCI’s ‘Impact Player’ Rule: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is set to introduce a new rule, the Impact Player substitution in the domestic T20 tournament Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

With the implication of this rule, teams will be allowed to make a maximum of 1 substitution from their playing XI.

This can be done any time before the completion of the 14th over of either innings. The player replaced by ‘Impact Player’ can no longer take part in the remainder of the match

What the circular stated: “TEAMS NEED TO IDENTIFY PLAYING XI AND 4 SUBSTITUTES AT THE TIME OF THE TOSS. OUT OF THE 4 SUBSTITUTES NAMED IN THE TEAM SHEET, ONLY ONE OF THE PLAYERS CAN BE USED AS AN IMPACT PLAYER.”

“PLAYER WHO IS REPLACED BY AN IMPACT PLAYER CAN NO LONGER TAKE PART IN THE REMAINDER OF THE MATCH AND IS ALSO NOT PERMITTED TO RETURN AS A SUBSTITUTE FIELDER. IF A PLAYER GETS INJURED WHILE FIELDING IN MID-OVER, THE CURRENT PLAYING CONDITION PREVAILS UNDER 24.1 – SUBSTITUTE FIELDERS,” THE NOTE ADDED.

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