Bcci Introduces Serious Injury Replacement Rule in 2025 26 Domestic Season Says Reports
Indian wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant recently suffered a serious injury to the England tour. During the Lord’s Test, he was hurt while wicketkeeping. At the same time, in the Manchester Test, Pant suffered a serious leg injury, due to which he had to be out of the field. Pant’s injury raised concerns for Team India in the Indo-England Test series. Due to this, now the BCCI has made a new rule before the upcoming domestic season.
What is Serious Injury Replacement Rules?
BCCI has introduced a new serious injury replacement for multi-day matches in domestic cricket. This rule will be effective from 2025-26 season and replacement will be given for injured players in multi-day format. Rishabh Pant’s injury has inspired the BCCI to take steps in this direction. Under the new rule, if a player gets out of the match due to a serious injury during a multi-day match, the team will be able to replace the management with a similar qualification player. This replacement will be implemented with immediate effect, for this, the approval of the selection committee and the match referee will have to be taken.
The Serious Injury Replacement Rules will ensure that the team’s strategy is not affected due to injury and the level of sports remains intact. In the seminar of umpires running in Ahmedabad, the umpires have been told about the latest sports situations. The BCCI said that no such replacement will be allowed in the White Body Tournament Syed Mushtaq Ali or Vijay Hazare tournament. It is not yet decided whether this rule will be allowed in the next season of IPL, but these rules will be applicable in the Multi-Day Under 19 tournament for the CK Naidu Trophy.
What does ICC rule say?
According to the rules of ICC, replacement is given only when the player has been conveyed. Now the rule in the connection is that if a player is out due to this, then he will not be able to play any match for 7 days. According to the rules of cricket, the conversion substitute applies when a player has a head injury and is unable to continue the game.
