- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
THE cricketing world is eagerly waiting for the T20 World Cup to kick off in the UAE and Oman on October 17 and the tournament promises to be a more engaging one as the Decision Review System (DRS) is set to be used in the tournament for the first time.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that the system will be introduced at the showpiece event in the playing conditions that were released earlier this week. The final of the tournament will be held on November 14.
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A report in ESPNcricinfo said each team in the fray will get a maximum of two reviews in an innings.
In June 2020, the ICC confirmed an additional unsuccessful DRS review for each team in each innings of a match across all formats, “keeping in mind that there may be less experienced umpires on duty at times” due to Covid-19 pandemic.
The governing body has also decided to increase the minimum number of overs for delayed and rain-hit matches. During the group stages of the tournament, each team will need to bat for a minimum of five overs for the result to be determined by the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method. For the semi-finals and the final, each team will need to bat for a minimum of 10 overs to force a result.
DRS was not a part of earlier men’s T20 World Cups as the review system was not applicable in the shortest format in 2016, when the last edition of the tournament was held in India.
DRS made its debut in an ICC T20 tournament in 2018 at the women’s T20 World Cup which was held in the Caribbeans.
The system was used again at the 2020 women’s T20 World Cup in Australia.
