The MCC Laws of Cricket (1980) Code and the Experimental Laws framed by the BCCI for the year 1998-99 except as varied herein shall be applied.

All the matches will be six hours duration each day: Hours of play would normally be as follows:

09.30 a.m. to 12.00 noon - First Session
12.00 p.m. to 12.40 p.m. - Lunch
12.40 p.m. to 02.40 p.m. - Second Session
02.40 p.m. to 03.00 p.m. - Tea
03.00 p.m. to 04.30 p.m. - Third Session

On the last day of the match, the play shall commence at 9.15 a.m. to complete the mandatory overs.

In case of rain the outfield and the pitch may be drained and dried to permit early resumption of play. Umpires shall be sole judges of the fitness of ground, weather and light conditions and their decision shall be final.

No appeal shall be upheld by the umpires against the shadow of the stadium, building or tree falling on the pitch.

Matches may be played on turf or matting wickets. Players are requested to avoid using boots with turf nails while playing on matting wickets.

Play shall continue on each day until the completion of a minimum number of overs or until the scheduled or reschedule cessation time which ever is the later.

The minimum number of overs to be completed, unless an innings ends or an interruption occurs, shall be:

1. on days other than the last day - a minimum of 90 overs
2. on the last day - a minimum of 75 overs (or 15 overs per hour) for playing time other than the last hour when Clause (e) below shall apply.

3. Additional Hour:

1. Subject to weather and light, except in the last hour of the match, in the event of play being suspended for any reason other than normal intervals, the playing time on that day. If play has been suspended for 30 minutes or more prior to the commencement of the scheduled tea interval, the tea interval shall be delayed for half an hour.
2. When an innings ends a minimum number of overs shall be bowled from the start of the innings. The number of overs to be bowled shall be calculated at the rate of one over for each full four minutes to enable a minimum of 90 overs to be bowled in a day, and the time of close of play shall be rescheduled accordingly. The last hour of the match shall be excluded from this calculation when Clause (e) shall apply.

Where a change of innings occurs during a days play, in the event of the team bowling second being unable to complete its overs by the scheduled cessation time, play shall continue until the required number of overs have been completed.

Where there is change of innings during a days play (except at lunch or tea) 2 overs will be deducted from the minimum number of overs to be bowled.

3. Except in the last hour of the match for which Clause (e) makes provisions, if play is suspended due to adverse weather or light for more than one hour in aggregate of any day, the minimum number overs shall be reduced by one over for each full 4 minutes of the aggregate playing time lost.
4. On the last day, if any of the minimum of 75 overs, or as recalculated, have not been bowled when one hour of scheduled playing time remains, the last hour of the match for the purpose of Clause (e) shall be the hour immediatedly following the completion of those overs.
5. Law 17.6 and 17.7 will apply except that a minimum of 15 (six ball) overs shall be bowled in the last hour and all calculations with regard to suspension of play or the start of a new innings shall be based on one over for each full 4 minutes. If, however, at any time after 30 minutes of the last hour have elapsed both Captains (the batsman at the wicket may act for their Captain ) accept that there is no prospect of a result to the match, they may agree to cease play at that time.
6. Not withstanding any other provision, there shall be no further play on any day, other than the last day, if a wicket falls or a batsman retires or if the players have occasion to leave the field during the last minimum over within 2 minutes of the scheduled or rescheduled cessation time or thereafter.
7. An over completed on resumption of a new day's play shall be disregarded in calculating minimum overs for that day.
8. Except on the final day, if in the event of ground, weather or light conditions causing a suspension of play and/or if the players are already off the field at the re-scheduled cessation time or any time thereafter, stumps shall be drawn.
9. Fractions are to be ignored in all-calculations regarding the number of overs.
10. The scoreboard shall show: the total number of overs bowled with the ball currently in use: and from the total number of hours of play remaining and the match shall end earlier on the final day by the amount of time by which play was previously extended.

1. Lunch interval will be of 40 minutes duration from 12.00 Noon to 12.40 pm. Where an innings concludes, or there is a break in play, within 10 minutes of the scheduled interval, the interval will commence at that time and be limited to 40 minutes.

2. Tea Interval:

Tea interval will be of 20 minutes duration from 2.40 pm to 3.00 pm or at the conclusion of the over in progress at theabove time subject to circumstances provided for in Law 16.3, 16.4,16.5 and 16 Note (b). Law 16.5 shall not apply.

3. Intervals for Drinks:

The provisions of Law 16.6 shall be strictly observed except that under conditions of extreme heat the Umpires may permit extra intervals for drinks.

An individual player may be given a drink either on the boundary edge or at the fall of a wicket, on the field, provided that no playing time is wasted. No other drinks shall be taken onto the field without the permission of the Umpires. Any player taking drinks onto the field shall be dressed in proper cricket attire.

Each day there shall be three drink intervals, one between the commencement of play and lunch, the second between lunch and tea and the third between tea and close of day. Except on the last day of the match in the last session, the drink interval shall not betaken unlessthe game-has been in progress for 6O minutes since last break Interval nor between 15 minutes before the next interval However, on the last day of the match in the last session, drinks shall be taken after 75 overs or as calculated, has been bowled to enable the Umpires to commence the mandatory overs.

4. Time Keeping:

A clock on the ground shall be used to regulate the hours of play and intervals. The Umpires must notify the ground Authority which clock is to be followed, so that the spectators and representatives of the media may be informed. If the clock on the ground is out of order, the watches of the Umpires shall determine the time.

The Captain of the fielding side shall have the choice of taking a new ball any time after 80 overs have been bowled with the previous ball. In calculating the number of overs bowled, an over not completed by one bowler and completed by another bowler shall count as one. The over during which a new ball is taken, irrespective of at what stage of that over, shall be the first over in respect of the calculation for the next new ball.

1. Over rates shall be assessed on 15 overs per hour i.e. minimum of 90 overs in a six hour day, subject to the following deductions.
2. Time lost due to stretching and renailing the mat, play stopping on account of bad light or rain or in exceptional circumstances, as the case may be, shall be noted and deducted from the total time of the innings for the purpose of arriving at the over rate.
3. In addition, 2 minute for every wicket taken shall be deducted from the total time of the innings for the purpose of arriving at the over rate
4. Penalty for the number of overs bowled short will be -

   twice the run rate obtained by the batting side x overs bowled short = penalty runs.

   the same will be added to the runs of the batting side at the end of each innings.

   at the end of penalty runs calculated, the fraction, if any, is to be ignored.

   fractions in all calculations regarding the number of overs are to be ignored.

Upto semi-finals

1. In the event of two innings by each side is not completed, the result will be decided on first innings score.
2. The result of the match will be decided by obtaining quotient in case of one innings of both teams not completed

   The number of runs scoree by a team shall be divided by the overs bowled by the opponent and average obtained. Similarly the number of runs scored by the other team shall be divided by overs bowled by the opponent and average obtained. The team obtaining higher average shall be declared as winner. A part of over shall not be taken into account as a full over. For the purpose of obtaining an average the side batting second must bat a minimum of 30 overs.

   If these averages are equal then the result shall be decided by the spin of coin which shall take place in the presence of the Umpires immediately after the close of play.

3. The match which is abandoned without a ball being bowled shall not be replayed, The result shall be decided by the spin of coin which shall take place in the presence of the Umpires.
4. The match which is abandoned at a stage were average rule cannot be applied shall be decided by the spin of coin which shall take place in the presence of the Umpires.