What is slow over rate in IPL?
Slow over rate in IPL has been the most common code of conduct breach committed by teams in the IPL with some matches also ending after midnight. In the past, consequences such as sanctions, fines and even suspension of the bowling team’s captain for repeated offences have been found to be ineffective. Even now there is no change or increase in sanctions. There is just a shortening of the time the 20 overs need to be completed within.
Because of these delays, the host broadcaster has also taken up the issue with IPL authorities. This was one of the main reasons that evening matches of IPL 2020 began half an hour earlier than previous seasons. From IPL 2021 , evening matches will continue beginning at 7:30 PM IST instead of the previous 8:00 PM IST.
IPL explained the slow over rate meaning by uploading the instructions on the tournament website. “The minimum over rate to be achieved in IPL Matches shall be 14.11 overs per hour (ignoring the time taken by time-outs). In uninterrupted matches, this means that the 20th over should finish within 90 minutes (being 85 minutes of playing time plus 5 minutes of time-out) of the start of the innings. For delayed or interrupted matches where an innings is scheduled to be less than 20 overs, the maximum time of 90 minutes shall be reduced by 4 minutes 15 seconds for every over by which the innings is reduced,” read the IPL instructions.
Recently Hardik Pandya , Gujarat Titans’s skipper became the victim of slow over rate copping up with 12 Lakh (INR) , later were Sanju Samson & Faf Du plessis. They need to cop up with double the amount if they again found under the belt of slow over rate and consequences might turn harsh on them if they found doing in again.
