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, Cameron Boyce, Alex Carey, Harry Conway, Colin de Grandhomme, Ryan Gibson, Travis Head, Adam Hose, Henry Hunt, Thomas Kelly, Rashid Khan, Chris Lynn, Harry Nielsen, Matt Short, Jake Weatherald, Henry Thorton.

2. BRISBANE HEAT

Xavier Bartlett, James Bazley, Sam Billings, Max Bryant, Sam Heazlett, Usman Khawaja, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Colin Munro, Michael Neser, Jimmy Peirson, Matthew Renshaw, Mark Steketee, Mitchell Swepson, Ross Whiteley, Jack Wildermuth, Spencer Johnson, Will Prestwidge.

3. HOBART HURRICANES

Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Caleb Jewell, Shadab Khan, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Mitch Owen, Joel Paris, Wil Parker, D’Arcy Short, Matthew Wade, Billy Stanlake, Paddy Dooley, Chris Tremain, Mac Wright, Zak Crawley (overseas replacement for Shadab Khan).

4. MELBOURNE RENEGADES

Zak Evans, Aaron Finch, Akeal Hosein, Liam Livingstone (withdrawn), Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sam Harper, Mackenzie Harvey, Nic Maddinson (c), Shaun Marsh, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Kane Richardson, Tom Rogers, Will Sutherland, Jon Wells, Jack Prestwidge, Ruwantha Kellapotha, Marcus Harris, Martin Guptilll, Andre Russell (replacing Liam Livingstone, first four matches only).

5. MELBOURNE STARS

Trent Boult, Joe Burns, Hilton Cartwright, Joe Clarke, Brody Couch, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Liam Hatcher, Clint Hinchliffe, Nick Larkin, Glenn Maxwell (c), Marcus Stoinis, Beau Webster, Luke Wood, Adam Zampa.

6. PERTH SCORCHERS

Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Cooper Connolly, Laurie Evans (contract terminated), Aaron Hardie, Peter Hatzoglou, Nick Hobson, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kelly, Mitch Marsh, Tymal Mills, Lance Morris, Jhye Richardson, Phil Salt, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye.

7. SYDNEY SIXERS

Sean Abbott, Jackson Bird, Dan Christian, Ben Dwarshuis, Moises Henriques, Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Nathan Lyon, Izharulhaq Naveed, Chris Jordan, Steve O’Keefe, Kurtis Patterson, Josh Philippe, Jordan Silk, James Vince.

8. SYDNEY THUNDER

Oliver Davies, Brendan Doggett, Matthew Gilkes, Chris Green, Alex Hales, Baxter Holt, Nathan McAndrew, Alex Ross, Rilee Rossouw, Daniel Sams, Jason Sangha, Tanveer Sangha, David Warner, Ben Cutting, F Farooqi.

Summary

Get ready for the amazing journey of the KFC BBL 12^th edition, the matches will start from 13^th of December. By reading the above review you must have got all the answers related to BBL betting.