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Bcci Do Away With Soft Signals For Ipl 2021

BCCI do away with soft signals for IPL 2021

The Board of Cricket for Control in India (BCCI) has decided to end the system of soft signals for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League. The BCCI took this decision after amending the law in Match Playing Conditions (MPC) of the IPL.

Now, according to Appendix A in Clause 5.10, the definition of the soft signal is removed from MPC and further the updation of Appendix D in Clause 2.2.2 state that there is no need for soft signal in the IPL and it has hence been removed. Now if the on-field umpire has doubt while making any decision, he/she can directly consult the third umpire without providing any consult as to whether it is out or not out according to him.

The soft signal became a debatable topic after debutant Suryakumar Yadav was caught at deep fine leg by Dawid Malan during the fourth T20I between Indian and England at Motera, Ahmedabad. Although there was no conclusive evidence to tell that it was a clean catch by Malan off the bowling of Sam Curran, the third umpire had to go by on-field umpire’s call of out as he did not have conclusive evidence to overturn the decision.

Earlier on Thursday, BCCI Secretary Jay Shah during an ICC Board meeting had said there was a need to change the protocol regarding the soft signal.

Another major change in the MPC is the inclusion of 20th over in the 90 minutes playing. Earlier the rule under MPC mandated that the 20th over must be started by 90 minutes excluding the five minutes of the Time Outs.

Now according to Clause 12.7.1 in the new guidelines, the “20th over is included in the 90 minutes.”

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