MUMBAI (Kashmir English): The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has introduced an injury substitute rule to replace injured players in its domestic tournaments.
According to Indian media reports, the Indian cricket board has introduced the “serious injury replacement substitute” in its multi-day domestic tournaments.
The new rule will be introduced in the upcoming Duleep Trophy, set to begin on August 28.
The introduction of BCCI’s ‘serious injury replacement substitute’ comes just weeks after India coach Gautam Gambhir called for injury replacements in Test cricket.
Gambhir’s comments came after Rishabh Pant batted against England with a broken foot during the five-match Test series.
The BCCI-introduced rule will prevent injured players from playing further in the domestic circuit.
As per the ‘serious injury replacement substitute’ rule, playing sides will be allowed to bring in any non-playing like-for-like member of the squad in place of an injured player.
However, the team will be required to get an approval from the match referee after producing concrete evidence on the seriousness of the injury.
As per the BCCI rule, the injury has to have happened during the game and needs to be external such as taking a blow resulting in a deep cut or fracture.
The BCCI rule further states, “The serious injury replacement player shall be from nominated substitutes at the time of toss. Only in the case where the wicketkeeper is seriously injured and needs a replacement then the match referee may allow a wicketkeeper from a player outside the nominated substitutes if there is no wicketkeeper in the nominated substitutes.”
ICC substitute rule
It is to be noted here that the International Cricket Council (ICC) only allows substitution for a player who suffered a concussion (type of traumatic brain injury) in international games.
