BCCI Imposes New Restrictions On Teams Ahead Of IPL 2025: “No Practice…”

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has determined to place a restrict on follow classes for the Indian Premier League (IPL) groups forward of the brand new season. According to the brand new directive, groups can have not more than seven classes whereas solely two warm-up matches might be permitted. The new guidelines had been conveyed to the IPL sides by means of a BCCI observe which additionally requested the host grounds to permit the utilization of the services any native video games, legends leagues or movie star tournaments.

According to a report by Cricbuzz, the choices had been taken ” in view of the venues taking load during domestic matches, being played close to the start of the IPL season”. The new season will start on March 22 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata as Kolkata Knight Riders will tackle Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

“In advance of the first match of the season and as set out in the Stadium Agreement, teams may have up to seven (7) practice sessions of up to three (3) hours in duration under floodlights, of which two (2) can be practice matches or open nets as decided by the team. The practice matches to take place on one of the side wickets of the main square. If a team is playing a practice match under lights, the duration of the match should not exceed more than three and a half hours. As per the Operational Rules, practice matches require the prior written approval of the BCCI,” the BCCI observe stated.

“In order to prepare the pitch for the season, no practice sessions or practice matches may be played on the main square in the four (4) days leading up to the relevant franchisee’s first home match of the season. However, 1 side wicket per team will be provided for range hitting on these days. During this period, if requested by the home franchise, the State Association.” 

The observe from BCCI additionally really useful on tips on how to cope with a scenario the place either side wish to follow on the identical time forward of their IPL encounter.

“In the event that the home and away teams wish to practice at the same time, BCCI will ask the two Team Managers to try and resolve the double booking – either by one of the teams taking another session or by the two teams sharing the session. In the event that the two teams cannot resolve the double booking, BCCI will determine the practice times having considered the requests of both teams with the likely outcome that two 2 hour slots are created thereby giving both teams similar playing conditions with exclusive use of the ground (e.g. 18.00 – 20.00 & 20.00 – 22.00).”