No bonus points for teams in ICC Champions Trophy

Mumbai, Oct 6 (UNI) The ICC Champions Trophy which commences with the first match at Mohali tomorrow, will see a few novelties in the rules.

Some of them are the absence of bonus points, a win fetching only two points as compared to four or five in a regular ODI series featuring more than two countries and a bowl out to determine the winners in case of a tie in the semis or final.

Another condition for the Champions Trophy will see that the rival teams will have to provide the list of the eleven players and the nominated 12th man an hour before the start of play in writing on the Team sheet provided by the ICC for this purpose to the ICC Event Co-ordinator.

However, they would be allowed to change any player at any time prior to the toss, provided they do so in writing to the ICC Event Co-ordinator or the ICC Match Referee.

Immediately prior to the toss, the ICC Match Referee shall check with both team captains that the players nominated on the team sheets are correct. But no player may be changed after the toss without the consent of the opposing team captain.

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