ICL 20:20 Indian Championship

Via: IndianCricketLeague.in


The inaugural season of the Indian Cricket League (ICL) will host a 20:20 tournament. Fans will brace the exciting competition which will comprise of twenty matches, with the final on December 16.

What is 20:20?

It is a trimmed down version of One Day Internationals in which each team bats for a maximum of only 20 overs. This type of game has been popular in English amateur cricket since 1960s.

A 20:20 game is completed in about three hours. Each innings lasts approximately 75 minutes. This format brings a cricket match closer to the time span of other immensely popular team sports such as football.

20:20 tournaments make cricket more lively and increase the attraction of the spectators at the ground and viewers on television towards the sport. Initial response to this format of the game has been very successful. The 20:20 format is not intended to replace other forms of the game like Test cricket and One Day Internationals and these will continue to coexist side by side