Courtesy: BCCI/IPL
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have defined the time limit for the recurring Super Over in matches in the Indian Premier League (IPL), informing the franchises about the new ruling during the recent captains’ meeting ahead of the 2025 season. While the Super Overs in an IPL match will keep on going until a winner is ascertained, the number of Super Overs may not end up being infinite.
As per the report published in Cricbuzz, the BCCI are looking at a possibility of finding a winner in case of recurring Super Overs within an hour of the start of the first one, apart from allowing one unsuccessful DRS per Super Over. The first Super Over must start within 10 minutes of the completion of the main match, while the subsequent Super Over, if required, must start in five minutes after the completion of the first one.
As many Super Overs can be played until a winner is decided till one hour after the completion of the main match: BCCI
The statement from the BCCI on the matter read, “As many Super Overs can be played until a winner is decided till one hour after the completion of the main match. The first Super Over has to start within 10 minutes of the main match finishing. If the first Super Over is a tie, then the subsequent Super Over must start five minutes after its completion.”
Meanwhile, the information about the final Super Over of the match will be given by the referee to the captains of both the sides involved in case of the one-hour limit expected to be breached. They remarked, “The match referee will inform the captains which will be the final Super Over, if he feels that the period of 1 hour is going to be breached. All player warnings and penance time unserved in the main match will be carried forward into the Super Over.”
“The match referee will inform captains of any time restrictions subject to the MPC on interrupted Super Over. One unsuccessful review per Super Over for each team will be permitted,” the BCCI statement further read.
