Must-Read! 2025 ICC Rule Changes Explained

The ICC (International Cricket Council) has announced new men's cricket rules on June 26. This rule makes the cricket game more interesting, faster, and fair. These rules will be allowed from the new World Test Championship 2025-27 edition. Also, ICC has announced that white ball cricket, like T20I and ODI rules, will be implemented from 2 July. ICC New Rules Of 2025 Stop‑Clock in Test Cricket: Introduced during the 2025–2027 World Test Championship , with the opening match taking place on June 17, 2025 . A digital clock must be shown, and fielding sides must start an over within 60 seconds of the conclusion of the preceding one. The batting team gets five penalty runs for a third offense after getting two warnings for delay . After every 80 overs, the warnings are reset. Short‑Run Penalty: Batters who try to take advantage by running short face penalties: the fielding side gets five penalty runs , all runs are canceled, and the non-striker is returned. The u...