You may have seen referees using red cards and yellow cards on the football field, but have you ever seen an umpire doing the same on a cricket field? Maybe not, but fans in the ongoing Caribbean Premier League in the West Indies saw this when Kieron Pollard’s Knight Riders were shown a red card by the umpire during the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots vs Trinbago Knight Riders match. Pollard was forced to play with 10 men as the team received this red card and sent Sunil Narine off the field. Let’s know how red card is used in cricket-
For the first time in the world of cricket, red card is being used in CPL. Red card rule has been implemented in CPL due to ‘slow over rate’. For some time, the T20 matches of this league were being dragged beyond the scheduled time.
In such a situation, when the umpire found Trinbago Knight Riders guilty of a slow over rate during the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots vs Trinbago Knight Riders match, he showed the team a red card after the 19th over. In this situation, Kieron Pollard showed Sunil Narine the way out and the team bowled the last over with 10 men.
The mistake proved costly for the Trinbago Knight Riders as the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots put on 178 on the board with three fours and a six in Dwayne Bravo’s last over to collect 24 runs.
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What is the slow over rate rule in CPL?
If the team finds itself behind the required over rate at the start of the 18th over, an extra player will be required to keep the team in the circle. After this there will be total 5 players in the circle.
If a team is found guilty of a slow over rate at the start of the 19th over, it must place two extra fielders inside the 30-yard circle instead of one. In such a situation total 6 players will be in the circle.
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On the other hand, if the team is behind the fixed over rate at the start of the 20th over, then the team has to keep 6 players in the circle and the captain has to show one fielder off the field. .
The batting team will also have the responsibility to advance the match quickly. If the game is going slow due to the batsmen, the umpire will warn them first, if even after this they are found wasting time then the team will be penalized for 5 runs.