The Board of Control for Cricket in India has made significant changes to domestic cricket, and one major update is regarding voluntary retirements. From now on, batters who choose to retire voluntarily will be considered out, unless they’re injured ¹. This change aims to prevent tactical retirements, where players would retire to let other teammates bat, which was considered unsporting ¹.
In cricket, there are two types of retirements: “retired – not out” and “retired – out”. If a batter is injured or ill, they can retire not out and resume batting if they recover ¹. However, if they retire for any other reason without the umpire’s permission, they’re considered out ¹.
This rule change is likely to impact the game strategy, especially in formats like Twenty20, where tactical retirements have been used to switch left- and right-handed batters ¹. Would you like to know more about the other changes made to domestic cricket in India?
