ODI (One Day International) cricket is a type of limited-overs cricket where each team plays a set number of overs, usually 50. It’s a popular form of the game, sitting between Test matches, which can last up to five days, and T20 cricket, where each team plays 20 overs.
Format:
1) Teams: The game features two teams, each comprising 11 players. These players take on various roles, including batting, bowling, and fielding, as part of the team’s strategy to win the match.
2) Innings: In an ODI, each team has a single opportunity, called an inning, to bat and to bowl or field. The teams take turns, with one team batting while the other bowls and fields, and then they switch roles.
3) Overs: During their batting inning, each team is allowed to face a maximum of 50 overs. An “over” consists of six legal deliveries, which means six balls that are bowled by a bowler to the batsman.
4) Match Duration: The entire match typically unfolds throughout 7 to 8 hours, including scheduled breaks such as lunch and drinks intervals. This duration allows the match to be completed within a single day.
Basic Rules
1) Toss: The match begins with a coin toss, where the captain of the winning team decides whether to bat or bowl first.
2) Batting
a) The batting team aims to score as many runs as possible within their 50 overs.
b) Batsmen score runs by hitting the ball and running between the wickets or by hitting the ball to the boundary (4 runs if the ball touches the ground before crossing the boundary, 6 runs if it crosses the boundary without touching the ground).
c) The batting team’s inning ends when either 50 overs are completed, or all 10 wickets are lost (meaning 10 of the 11 players have been dismissed).
3) Bowling
The bowling team aims to restrict the batting team’s runs and dismiss their batsmen.
Each bowler can bowl a maximum of 10 overs in an ODI match.
Bowling tactics include delivering different types of balls like pace, spin, and bouncers to outsmart the batsmen.
4) Fielding
a) Fielding involves stopping the ball from crossing the boundary, throwing it back quickly to run out the batsman, and catching the ball to dismiss the batsman.
b) Fielding restrictions apply, limiting the number of fielders allowed outside the 30-yard circle during different stages of the innings.
c) Powerplay 1 (Overs 1-10): Maximum of two fielders outside the 30-yard circle.
d) Powerplay 2 (Overs 11-40): Maximum of four fielders outside the 30-yard circle.
e) Powerplay 3 (Overs 41-50): Maximum of five fielders outside the 30-yard circle.
5) Dismissals: Common ways a batsman can be dismissed include being bowled, caught, run out, LBW (Leg Before Wicket), or stumped.
6) Result
a) The team with the most runs at the end of both innings wins.
b) If the scores are tied, the match may end in a tie, or a Super Over can be played, depending on the tournament rules.
