Arindam: - Good afternoon viewers. Today, we have invited Mr.Sain, the implementer of Thirty-Thirty Cricket Tournament (TTCT). Mr. Sain, welcome to our show ‘WINE WITH ARINDAM’ in our Royal Bengal Tiger (RBT) TV Channel. Everyone is talking about T-20 cricket and the IPL is just rocking the show. Why, suddenly, you are interested to launch T-30 cricket?
Mr.Sain: - Boss, the concept of T-20 cricket is ruining the basics of cricket. This is not a real game of cricket, where you don’t need to show your skills, talents, patience and the ability to make good partnerships. Here, the logic is very weird. Come to the ground with your bat and keep on swinging it. Either you will hit sixes or you will get out. T-20 is such a format, where a good skilled batsman don’t have time to settle down in accordance to the nature of the pitch. Whenever there is a dot ball, the spectators start shouting, ‘Come on, no one wants to see your defensive stroke for a Yorker length ball, either hit it for a six or just get lost.’ Now, this is not a Gentleman’s game. This is the game of luck only. It’s a gamble. No one knows which team will win. A good over can change the course of the entire match. That is why; I am going to launch the T-30 tournament, where a cricket match will be played for 30 overs.
Arindam: - Is it anyway different from T-20 cricket, other than the number of overs to be played?
Mr.Sain: - Ya, of course. There will be 11 players in each team. But, there is a twist in the tale. In this Cricket, you can do 3 substitutions in the team in the 2nd half of the game. Suppose, Yuvraaj, Gayle and Gilchrist are there in your team. They batted in the 1st half of the match. Now, in the 2nd half, you can replace them by substituting Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth and Brett Lee in place of them. You can do the substitution for the benefit of your team in the 2nd half only. If you are fielding first, then you will replace your 3 bowlers with 3 batsmen in the 2nd half and vice-versa. Now, there are some bonus runs and as well as deductions of runs. If in any over, the batting side scores more than 20 runs, then extra 5 runs will get added to their scoreboard. Suppose, if Brett Lee has given away 23 runs in an over, then it will be considered as 23+5=28 runs. For a fall of wicket, 5 runs will be deducted from the scoreboard. Suppose, the score of batting side is 78/2 in 12.5 overs, now, if a wicket falls in the last ball of that over, then the score will be 78-5=73, that is 73/3. Each bowler can bowl maximum 5 overs. So, it is evident that you must have at least 6 bowlers in your team. If you are short of bowlers, then you can surely replace your batsmen with bowlers by substitution in the 2nd half. So, as per the decision made after the coin toss, select your final team and then plan your substitutions.
Arindam: - What will be the point system in the tournament?
Mr.Sain:- For winning a match, a team will get 3 points and for losing a match, 1 point will get deducted. Suppose, if a team has played 5 games, out of which, they have won 3 matches and lost 2 matches, then their points will 3*3=9 minus 2*1=2. That is, there points will 9-2=7 points. There will be 16 teams divided in two groups. One is Group A and the other is Group B. Each group will have 8 teams. There will be league system in each group. That is, each team of Group A will play with the other teams of that group for 1 time and the rule is similar for Group B also. Out of each Group, 4 best teams will qualify for the Quarter Final. That means that 4 top teams of Group A will play against the 4 top teams of Group B in the Quarter Final. Then, as usual, the Semi Final and the Final matches will take place. There will be 4 power-plays for 5 overs each.
Arindam: - Well, let us see if “TTCT” can become famous or not. Mr. Sain, thanks for coming to our show. Viewers, see you later again, good bye.
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