New Delhi: 2023 edition of IPL is set to start in less than a month’s time and this year’s IPL is going to be exciting for fans as well as the players because many new things are going to take place this season.
For the first time in 4 years, the tournament will be played in it’s original home and away format, since past three years the cash-rich league was played in overseas due to covid and logistic reasons. Apart from that, impact player has been introduced this season. Impact player is a player who is not a part of playing XI originally but can replace any player during an on-going match.
Another big change that will come into effect from this year’s IPL is that players will be allowed to review a no ball or a wide ball call.
According to reports in ESPN Cricinfo, apart from these, the team captains will be allowed to have two different team sheets to hand over the final playing XI after the toss. This has been done so that franchises can pick their best XI, according to the decision of the toss with the impact player included.
Currently, the playing XI is announced at the toss as the captains exchange the team sheets there.
The tournament will begin on March 31, with defending champions Gujarat Titans taking on Chennai Super Kings.