The newly introduced rules in Big Bash League make it quite unique in comparison with other cricket leagues. Since season 10 of the league was played with three new rules: Power Surge, X-Factor, and Bash Boost to make the competition more competitive, 3 more have been added into the mix. With numerous changes in the 12^th season, the older rules of X-Factor (substitute player) and Bash Boost (Bonus point) have been eliminated with only the Power Surge remaining.

What is ‘Power Surge’ in BBL?

Power Surge means the batting side can take a two-over period batting power play, where the fielding side is allowed to have only two fielders outside the 30-yard ring. The batting side can take it at any given time starting from the 11th over of the innings.

Other Newly introduced rules

DRS:

Finally, there is a big relief for the BBL players, DRS is being introduced from this season of BBL. Now, players can challenge the umpire’s decision whenever they are unsatisfied. This can make a big impact on the BBL and turn the tide of games.

Slow Over Rate Penalty:

Another new rule introduced in the Big Bash League is the Slow over Rate Penalty. As per this new rule, an uninterrupted BBL inning should last for 79 minutes. If the team is unable to finish its quota of overs in the given time, it will have to field with adding a fielder inside the 30-yard ring and removing one player from the ropes.

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The Big Bash League follows the same pattern as Indian Premier League in the league stages, all the teams play against each other twice in the tournament as per the Double-round robin format.

A different series of the knockout stage is followed in the playoffs where the top 5 teams go through the Eliminator, Qualifiers and Knock-out, Challenger, and Grand Finale.

This final structure was changed in the 2019-20 season of BBL for adding the 5^th team to the knockouts.

• The Eliminator (Elimination Final) – Fourth v Fifth
• The Qualifier (Second Semi-Final) – First v Second
• The Knock-Out (First Semi-Final) – Third v Winner of The Eliminator
• The Challenger (Preliminary Final) – Loser of The Qualifier v Winner of The Knock-Out
• The Final (Grand Final) – Winner of The Qualifier v Winner of The Challenger

1. ADELAIDE STRIKERS

Wes Agar, James Bazley, Cameron Boyce, Alex Carey, Brendan Doggett, Travis Head, Henry Hunt, Thomas Kelly, Chris Lynn, Ben Manenti, D’Arcy Short, Matt Short, Henry Thornton, Rashid Khan (withdrawn), Jamie Overton, Adam Hose, Jake Weatherald, Harry Nielsen

2. BRISBANE HEAT

Usman Khawaja, Xavier Bartlett, Josh Brown, Max Bryant, Spencer Johnson, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Michael Neser, Jimmy Peirson, Will Prestwidge, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Swepson, Colin Munro, Sam Billings, Paul Walter, Jack Wildermuth

3. HOBART HURRICANES

Iain Carlisle, Tim David, Paddy Dooley, Nathan Ellis, Peter Hatzoglou, Caleb Jewell, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Mitch Owen, Billy Stanlake, Matthew Wade, Mac Wright, Chris Jordan, Sam Hain, Corey Anderson, Liam Guthrie, Nikhil Chaudhary, Sam Heazlett

4. MELBOURNE RENEGADES

Nic Maddinson, Aaron Finch, Jake Fraser-McGurk, MacKenzie Harvey, Nathan Lyon, Shaun Marsh, Kane Richardson, Tom Rogers, Peter Siddle, Jon Wells, Will Sutherland, Adam Zampa, Quinton de Kock, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Joe Clarke, Harry Dixon

5. MELBOURNE STARS

Scott Boland, Joe Burns, Hilton Cartwright, Brody Couch, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Sam Harper, Nick Larkin, Glenn Maxwell, Joel Paris, Tom Rogers, Mark Steketee, Marcus Stoinis, Beau Webster, Harry Brook (withdrawn), Haris Rauf, Usama Mir

6. PERTH SCORCHERS

Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Cooper Connolly, Aaron Hardie, Nick Hobson, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kelly, Mitch Marsh, Hamish McKenzie, Lance Morris, Jhye Richardson, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Sam Whiteman, Zak Crawley, Laurie Evans

7. SYDNEY SIXERS

Sean Abbott, Jackson Bird, Joel Davies, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Moises Henriques, Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Todd Murphy, Steve O’Keefe, Kurtis Patterson, Josh Philippe, Jordan Silk, Tom Curran, James Vince, Rehan Ahmed, Steve Smith

8. SYDNEY THUNDER

Cameron Bancroft, Ollie Davies, Matt Gilkes, Chris Green, Liam Hatcher, Nathan McAndrew, Blake Nikitaras, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Gurinder Sandhu, Jason Sangha, Tanveer Sangha, David Warner, Alex Hales, Zaman Khan

Summary

Get ready for the amazing journey of the KFC BBL 13^th edition, the matches will start from 7^th of December, 2023. By reading the above review you must have got all the answers related to BBL betting.