By Admin 
ICC New Rules: In cricket, not only fours and sixes, excellent catch also makes the audience get up from the seat. Especially the catches taken on the boundary are now very common, where the fielders jump in the air, bounce the ball and go inside the boundary, then come back and catch the catch. ICC is now going to curb such catch, because the ICC has made some major changes in the rules of the catch being caught near the boundary.
The ICC has included the new rules of catching the catch in its new playing condition, and this change will be implemented from this month. However, Marylebone Cricket Club will include this in its official rules from October 2026.
What is the new rule?
According to the new rule, now if a fielder stays outside the boundary and touches the ball two or more times while staying in the air, then that catch will not be considered valid, but will be declared a six. That is, now the fielders will not be able to touch the ball again and again by jumping in the air outside the boundary.
The most popular example of this was seen in the Big Bash League 2023. Australian player Michael Nesar went outside the boundary and grabbed the ball in the air, then jumped into the air and came inside the boundary and completed the catch. Then that catch was considered valid, but under the new rule, such a catch will now be invalid and 6 runs will be given to the batsman.
Suryakumar Yadav’s catch also in discussion
In the T20 World Cup final, Indian player Suryakumar Yadav also remembers the great catch taken on the boundary line. However, that catch of Suryakumar was under the purview of the rule. He did not touch the ball in the air twice outside the boundary line, but now the ICC rules have become even more strict about such catches.
There is also a big change in ODI rules
The ICC has not only made changes not only the rules of catching, but also a change in an important rule in the ODI match. Now the rules of two new balls have also changed in ODIs. Now two new balls will be used for the first 34 overs of the 50 -over innings, as it has been so far, but from the 35th over, the fielding team will have to choose one of these two balls, and throw the remaining 16 overs of the innings with the same ball.