Just a day after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) introduced ‘Serious Injury Replacement’ rule ahead of the domestic cricket season, the Indian apex body has introduced another rule. On
Sunday, August 17, the BCCI introduced a new rule which states that the fielding captain will decide the striker in case of a deliberate short-run.
As per a report in Cricbuzz, the rival captain will decide who will take the strike if the batter has made a short run attempt. “….. the captain of the fielding side to identify which of the two batters will take strike for the next delivery (sic),” the statement read. It is to be noted that sometimes batters are known to run short intentionally in order to take a strike, especially when it comes to franchise cricket.
Fielding captain to decide striker in case of deliberate short run: BCCI
While there are rules pertaining to this act as it leads to a five-run penalty to the fielding side and a possible hearing before the match referee. But as per the latest ruling, it is the rival captain who will decide. "A deliberate short run is an attempt for batters to appear to run more than one run, while at least one batter deliberately does not make good their ground at one end. Batters may choose to abort a run, provided the umpire believes that there was no intention by the batter concerned to deceive the umpires or to score the run in which they didn't make their ground,” the new rule elaborates.
Furthermore, in another rule change, the BCCI stated, “if a batter retires for any reason other than as in clause 25.4.2, he will be considered as dismissed immediately and will not have the option of returning to bat even with the consent of the opposite captain. His innings will be recorded as 'Retired - out'." Notably, all these revamped rules will be made valid in the upcoming domestic season, which commences on August 28 in Duleep Trophy.
