Here’s all the changes and new tweaks coming to BBL 10!

The Big Bash League (BBL) 2020 is all set to come up with three new rules – Power Surge, X-Factor Player and Bash Boost. These have been added with an aim to increase innovations and strategising in the game as well. However, with these, Power Play rules will be changed too. Not only this but substitution rules and a reward for being prior to the opposition at the half-way mark of a chase will also be there.

Power surge

The Power Play has been shortened to four overs instead of six at the start of the innings. Meanwhile, the rest two can be used at any time from the 11th over of the innings by the batting team only. However, only two players can stay outside the inner fielding circle during the ‘Power Surge’.

X-factor Player

X-factor Player rule will be used for the team which will field where the 12th or 13th player of the team sheet can come on the ground beyond the 10th over of the first innings and take place of any player who will bat or has bowled a maximum of one over so far in the game.

Bash Boost

If the team who are chasing is more than the equivalent 10-over score of their opponent team, they will get a point. If they’re less than that, the fielding team will get that point. Meanwhile, the winning team will be awarded three points from now on.

“We need innovation because people like change, but I think these (changes) will actually improve the game itself,” Trent Woodhill, the player acquisition and cricket consultant for the BBL, said to cricket.com.au. “I come from things from a high-performance perspective, rather than just a gimmick, so I like that these changes pass the high-performance test around strategy and elite performance.”

“It’s going to put pressure on leaders and coaches. Having been involved in over 300 T20 matches in the women’s and men’s games, T20s have a pattern, and this will blow that pattern up. It’ll make players have to think on their feet a little bit, and … it’s forcing you on gameday to have a narrative that both fans and broadcasters alike will have to delve into and ask questions of the decisions being made, or not made,” he further added.

As an example, he shared the game between Stars and Sixers where Sixers were chasing a massive total of 220-odd runs. While the winning chances were slim, they ended at 180-odd. Now, with this new rule, (Sixers captain) Moises Henriques and (coach) Greg Shipperd might’ve decided to chase the 10-over total where they might’ve been put up 101-odd runs after 10 and earned that one point, which later can play a key role as well. As sometimes one point becomes useful in terms of qualification.

“So it’s interesting, they play off against each other: the X-factor sub might mean that some teams think they’ll bat first, but then the Bash Boost point might tempt them to bat second and try to chase down that 10-over total. So they’re all around that segmenting of matches to keep people invested across the whole 40 overs – not just in Powerplays or death overs. I think it’ll breed leadership, and I like coaches under pressure,” he again shared.

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