DRS to be used in T20s from October 1

This means that from October 1, teams will not lose a review for “umpire’s call” verdicts under the DRS. The 80 over top-up of reviews in Test cricket has been removed. The committee also approved the minimum standards for the use of DRS for international cricket. This includes the mandatory use of accredited ball tracking and edge detection technology.

From October 1, teams will not lose a review for “umpire’s call” verdicts under the decision review system (DRS). 

A number of the approved recommendations were related to the DRS. Teams will no longer have their reviews topped up at the 80-over mark in Test matches. DRS, meanwhile, will now be used in the T20I format as well.

BAT SIZE RESTRICTIONS: In order to restore the balance between bat and ball, the ICC approved recommendations relating to bat sizes. The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) World Cricket Committee in Mumbai, which included Australian legend Ricky Ponting among other cricket luminaries and is chaired by former England captain Mike Brearley, last year suggested that size of a bat’s edges and depths should be limited to 40 mm and 67 mm, respectively.

RUN-OUT RULE CHANGE: Batsmen will be ruled to have made their ground if their bat bounces after being grounded behind the crease.

PUNISHMENTS FOR ON-FIELD MISCONDUCT: As in football, umpires will now be vested with the power to send players off the field for serious incidents of misconduct. “All Members,” the ICC said, “have agreed to implement this in full.” “The MCC world cricket committee recommended that umpires be empowered “to eject cricketers from a game for serious disciplinary breaches” such as threatening an umpire, physically assaulting another player, umpire, official or spectator, and any other act of violence on the field,” the MCC had in December said in a release.