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Originally Posted by utsav_s1986
batting powerplays a la Australian domestic circuit
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Originally Posted by rdcool
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Oh ok.... I had read about this earlier. Thought you guys were talking about some new rule
In my opinion, this ruling may provide some more power to the batting teams (if enough was not provided already
). Having said that, the predictability of the game would change now.... with batsmen choosing one powerplay when they feel it's right.... Earlier, we normally saw the first 20 overs being as powerplays and hardly around 10% times did we see a captain reserve a powerplay for later. Now this would change.
Now since I'm saying that the game is increasingly becoming batsman-friendly, let me suggest an idea which had cropped up a few months back. We all know about the free hit rule. How about twisting it a little? Like when a bowler bowls a no-ball, no extra runs are added to the team's total (i.e no run for the no-ball, only runs scored off the bat would be added). So, now that the bowler has made a mistake by bowling a no-ball, he can recover by bowling a good "free hit" delivery and thus giving no runs at all
Although the batsman still can't be out on both the deliveries but atleast the bowler will be trying his best to save runs..... and in a crucial ODI game, these runs could prove vital.
So, for eg, if a bowler bowls a no-ball and batsman hits a 4 off the free hit, in all the team gets 5 runs. If my idea is implemented, the team gets 4.
Something like a batsman makes a mistake in edging the ball to the keeper but it's dropped, so he makes amends and plays better next time. This would probably help the bowlers get the monster out of them, because quite often, they may be plagued into thinking about where their foot lands. Now, they can cover up their folly. Whatsay puys??
PS: I hope everyone understood my idea
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