New Delhi: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday announced fresh powerplay rules for shortened T20 matches. This came after the global governing body announced a number of rule changes in the Test format beginning from the current WTC cycle.

Apart from powerplay rules change, ICC also clearly defined the number of overs allowed upfront with restricted field in its new Playing Conditions for the shortest format of the game. As per the new rules, which will come into effect from July, a reduced game of eight overs in an innings, which would have three overs as powerplay, will now have 2.2 overs of powerplay with only two........

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