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IPL 2025: How Decisive Ball Change Rule Helped MI Clinch Thrilling Win
Arun Jaitley Stadium: In the run-up to IPL 2025, the ruling to allow the team bowling second in an evening match to get the ball changed anytime after the eleventh over, in a bid to counter the dew factor, was cited by many insiders in the tournament as a good news for a side defending totals.
At the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday evening, the ball change rule brought out a decisive twist in Mumbai Indians’ quest to defend 205/5 on a pitch that wasn’t flat per se. Just after Jasprit Bumrah removed Axar Patel, MI opted to make the ball change. It made sense as super soppers were at work during the innings break and timeout to ensure dew doesn’t have an upper hand.
A ball change followed shortly after Jasprit Bumrah removed Axar Patel, and the game was about to take a decisive twist. Karn Sharma, coming in as the impact player for MI, and Mitchell Santner managed to get better control over their craft with the changed ball, which also crucially helped them extract extra bounce, turn and grip.
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