Following comedian Munawar Farooqi, who gained notoriety from Big Boss, taking out cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar during the Indian Street Premier League (ISPL) T10, the league has gained immense popularity on the internet, particularly on social media platforms with short videos. However, that was only the first game on March 6, 2024.
The official tournament matches started the day following the celebrity-and former player-led unofficial game. The game’s regulations and the fact that street cricket is being played in a stadium have astounded and startled many.
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Indian Street Premier League (ISPL) rules and regulations and tournament format
Since 2008, when the world witnessed its first franchise-based cricket league in the form of the immensely popular Indian Premier League (IPL), franchise-based cricket leagues have expanded quickly throughout the world.
Now we have a new T-10 tournament in the form of the Indian Street Premier League (ISPL) 2024, which is appreciated by the fans. The ISPL is grabbing a lot of attention following its unique rules and regulations.
The tournament is the new cricket league that helps find and develop young talent. The league provides a good, competitive playing environment for talented players who struggle to gain notice. Now let us have a look at those unique rules gaining a lot of attention.
Indian Street Premier League (ISPL) rules
T10 Format
First of all the format- It is a 10-over-a-side Tennis ball cricket. However, there is provision for two overs of Tape Ball as well. We will discuss that later on.
Tip-Toe Toss
As the name suggests, the toss does not involve a coin, but rather the children’s game of tip-toe in which the two captains will tip-toe from a certain distance and whoever stamps on the tip of the toes of the other will win the toss and decides whether to bat or bowl.
Tennis Ball
In the tournament, Tennis Ball is used instead of a Deuce ball, which is generally used in cricket. Also, there will be two Tape-Ball overs per inning.
Three overs of powerplay
In the 10-over game, there are not two but three overs of powerplay, In the first two overs, the number of players outside the 30-yard circle would be two. The third over of powerplay can be taken by the batting team at any moment they feel like, between overs three and nine. During the third over of the powerplay, three players can be allowed outside the 30-yard circle.
9 Street Runs
While in a normal cricket match, no matter how far the batter hits it outside the boundary the total number of runs remains six, but in an ISPL T10, if a better can hit the ball in the stands, it would account for nine runs instead of just six.
50-50 Over
Fifty is most probably the most unique feature of T10 where you are betting on your skills to give you one and a half times more than you score or lose half of what you have scored. So a batting team can take the 50-50 anytime they wish, however, the bowling team cannot ask for the Tape-ball over to be bowled during 50-50.
So in the 50-50 over the batting team will set a challenge of X number of runs and choose the bowler they want to bat against. Once that is done, if they score more than X, they will get X plus fifty per cent of X. So if the team had propped to get 16 runs and they got 18, they would get 18 plus fifty per cent of 16 which is eight. The total of that over would become 26 runs.
But if the team fails to get 16, and scores only 12 runs, then they would lose six runs from the 12 and the over would become a six-run over instead.
Tape-Ball Over
Popular in Pakistan street cricket, a Tape ball is nothing but a hard tennis ball taped entirely to make it swing a bit more than the usual tennis ball does. However, in ISPL T10, the tape-ball would not be hard tennis but usual tennis, with which the entire tournament is being played.
Playing XI and Substitutions
In the unique playing 11 rule, the team is given two substitutions in case of an injury. Also in the playing 11, a player each from the five zones of Indian cricket- North, South, East West and Central would have to be picked in the playing 11 alongside an Under-19 player from the pool of 16 players bought by each team in the auction.
ISPL T10 FAQ
Tape-Ball Over
Popular in Pakistan street cricket, a Tape ball is nothing but a hard tennis ball taped entirely to make it swing a bit more than the usual tennis ball does. However, in ISPL T10, the tape-ball would not be hard tennis but usual tennis, with which the entire tournament is being played.
The coach can walk out to the middle of the ground and discuss tactics with their players during the timeout. A 25-ball powerplay is given to each team. The powerplay is the first 25 balls of the innings.
During the first 10 overs of an innings, a maximum of two fielders are allowed outside the 30-yard circle (27 metres).