Changing rules (By K.S.)

Changing rules of cricket everyday

From the day when cricket came to existence, there were very few rules regarding limitation of overs, size of the ground or bat sizes. With time, everything changed to make cricket more entertaining. The introduction of rules began in 18th century when three stump wickets were introduced and leg before wicket (lbw). In the beginning, the test matches were played with unlimited overs but for the first time in 1963 the English men introduced the limited overs matches. The result of such changes was historic. Limited overs cricket was productive and the number of matches increased. The first limited overs International match was played in 1971. From that day until now, ODI matches are of 50 overs.

As time is an important factor, people felt bored to watch 50 overs matches, so they introduced a limited Twenty20 game in the 21st century. This is the most popular game of cricket. According to the new rules of games, every team has 11 members who play in the match and 4 members outside the ground (extras). The team that is batting will try to score as many runs as possible in just 120 balls, while the opposite team tries to restrict them. In ODI there are 50 overs to be played by both teams and has three power plays, one of them is 10 overs and the rest of the two are of 5 overs each. Power play also restricts how many players will stand outside the 30 yard circle. In T- 20 format, the overs limit is 20 for both teams and has 1 power play of 6 overs for each team. The changes in the rules made cricket more joyful and entertaining.