NPL RULE BOOK 2025
1. ONLY 11 PLAYERS ARE ALLOWED TO PLAY IN A TEAM IN
MATCH .
2. EVERY LEAGUE MATCH WILL BE OF 8 OVERS AND 10 OVERS
FOR THE SEMI-FINAL AND FINAL .
3. THERE WILL BE POWERPLAY OF 3 OVERS IN LEAGUE MATCH
FROM WHICH 2 OVER POWERPLAY MANDATORY IN FIRST
TWO OVERS AND ANOTHER ONE CAN BE TAKEN ANY TIME
BETWEEN 3 TO 8 OVERS BY THE BATTING TEAM , IF FAILING
TO DO SO THE LAST OVER WILL BE BECOME MANDATORY
BATTING POWERPLAY .
4. THERE WILL BE POWERPLAY OF 3 OVERS IN SEMI-FINAL AND
FINAL MATCH FROM WHICH 2 OVER POWERPLAY
MANDATORY IN FIRST TWO OVERS AND ANOTHER ONE CAN
BE TAKEN ANY TIME BETWEEN 3 TO 10 OVERS BY THE
BATTING TEAM , IF FAILING TO DO SO THE LAST OVER WILL BE
BECOME MANDATORY BATTING POWERPLAY .
5. ONLY 2 PLAYERS ARE ALLOWED OUTSIDE THE 30 YARD CIRCLE
DURING THE POWERPLAYAND BATTING POWERPLAY AND 5
PLAYERS ARE ALLOWED OUTSIDE THE 30 YARD CIRCLE AFTER
THE POWERPLAY .
6. BOWLER OVER LIMIT WILL BE OF 3,2,2,1 IN LEAGUE MATCH
AND 3,3,2,2 IN SEMI-FINAL AND FINAL .
7. IF PLAYER WILL CATCH THE BALL AFTER HITTING THE TREE ,
CATCH WILL BE NOT VALID .
8. UMPIRES DECISION WILL BE FINAL. IF ANY TEAM RAISES
OBJECTION AGAINST THE DECISION AND GETS IN THE ARGUMENGT
WITH UMPIRE , THE TEAM WILL BE PENALISED WITH -0.05 IN THE NET
RUN RATE .
9. ABUSING IN THE MATCH IS BANNED . IF ANY PLAYER IS FOUND
ABUSING IN THE MATCH , THE TEAM WILL BE PENALISED WITH -0.05
IN THE NET RUN RATE .
[Link] CAPTAIN AND THE VICE CAPTAIN CAN DO ANY DISCUSSION
WITH THE UMPIRE , REST NO OTHER PLAYER CAN INTERFERE INTO
ARGUMENT .
11. HATCHING IS NOT ALLOWED IN THE MATCH .
12. BOTH TEAMS SHOULD BE PRESENT 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE START
OF THE MATCH , IF THE IS NOT PRESENT TILL THE START TIME OF THE
MATCH , THE OTHER TEAM WILL BE GIVEN WALK-OVER .
13. RULED OUT IS NOT APPLICABLE IN THIS TOURNAMENT .
14. TWO BOUNCERS ARE ALLOWED PER OVER , PROVIDED THAT BALL
PASSES BETWEEN THE SHOULDER AND HEAD , HOWEVER BALL
PASSES OVER THE HEAD WILL BE DECLEARED AS WIDE .
15. ALL NO-BALLS [AS PER THE ICC RULES FRONTFOOT , SIDE LINE ,
ABOVE THE WAIST , FIELD RESTRICTION ETC. ] RESULT AS FREE HIT .
WHERE THE FIELD CAN ONLY CHANGE IF THE BATSMAN HAS
CROSSED OVER .
16. IF THE MATCH WILL BE TIED SUPER OVER WILL BE HELD . THE RULES
OF THE SUPER OVER AS PER THE ICC RULES .
17. SUBSTITUTE PLAYER ALLOWED ONLY FOR THE FIELD IN THE
MATCH .
18. WATER TIMEOUT OF 3 MIN WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM 4TH
TO 8TH OVER .
19. IF ANY TEAM WALKS OUT OF THE GROUND ON PROTEST
DURING THE PLAY TIME , TEAM WILL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM
THE TOURNAMENT .
THANK YOU…!!