Cricket or football? Now not 11 but 12 players will change the fate of the game in BBL. Know what is this new affair.

News India Live, Digital Desk: There are so many new rules coming into the world of cricket these days that sometimes it becomes difficult to understand. Sometimes changes in ‘Impact Player’ and sometimes in ‘Power Play’. Now in this series, Australia’s Big Bash League (BBL) has come up with such a unique rule, which has forced everyone to think.

The name of this new rule is ‘Designated Batter’. In simple words, cricket will no longer be a game of only 11 players. Let us know how this will work and how much it will increase the excitement of the match.

What is this new ‘Designated Batter’ rule?
According to the new rules of BBL, each team will be able to name 12 players instead of 11 at the time of toss. The 12th player will be called the ‘Designated Batter’. This player can come to bat at any time during the match. But there is a twist here, the player in his place will not be able to take part in that match again.

How different is it from IPL’s ‘Impact Player’?
Often people think of him as the impact player of IPL, but there is a subtle difference here. In IPL, an impact player could do both batting or bowling, but this rule of BBL has been brought specifically to strengthen ‘batting’.

Suppose a team’s batting has faltered and it needs a reliable batsman, then the team management can immediately field its ‘designated batsman’.

What effect will this have on the game?
Cricket experts believe that with this rule, T20 cricket will become even more of a ‘batsmen’s game’. Teams will now be able to have more depth in their batting lineup. If wickets fall in the first few overs, it will be easy to control the damage. On the other hand, the challenge for the bowlers will increase as they may have to face specialist batsmen till the last overs.

finally my opinion
These experiments are good for making the game fun, but will it marginalize the bowlers? This will be something to see. For now, Australia has thrown its dice. It will be interesting to see how this rule changes the fortunes of many teams in this season of Big Bash.