All about Twenty20 Cricket

Ans:-Twenty20 is a short version of oneday cricket with limited overs of 20.Each side bats for 20 overs

Q.2:-What are the broad rules of the game.

Ans:-

• 20 overs to be bowled by each side
• Match lasts for 3 hours with a 20 minutes break between innings
• Minimum of 5overs a side needed to constitute a match
• The incoming batsman gets only 90seconds to face the next ball.Teams sit in dugouts near the boundary instead of the pavillion when the match is in progress.
• Should a bowler deliver a no ball by overstepping the popping crease, it costs 2 runs and his next delivery is designated a free-hit, from which the batsman can only be dismissed through a run out for hitting the ball twice, obstructing the field or handling the ball, as is the case for the original "no ball".

• Bowlers may bowl a maximum of only 4 overs per innings.

• Umpires may award 5-run penalty runs at their discretion if they believe either team is wasting time.

• If the fielding team do not start to bowl their 20th over within 75 minutes, the batting side is credited an extra 6 runs for every whole over bowled after the 75 minute mark; the umpire may add more time to this, if he considers the batting team is wasting time.

• The following fielding restrictions apply:
  • No more than 5 fielders can be on the leg side at any time.
  • During the first 6 overs, a maximum of 2 fielders can be outside the 30-yard circle.
  • After the first 6 overs, a maximum of 5 fielders can be outside the fielding circle.

• If the match ends with the scores tied and there must be a winner, the tie is broken with a bowl-out (similar to a penalty shoot-out in football, with 5 bowlers from each side delivering 1 balls each at an unguarded wicket. If the number of wickets is equal after the first 5 balls per side, the bowling continues and is decided by sudden death.No change in field placement is allowed for the free hit.

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