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What is DLS Method in cricket?

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What is DLS Method in cricket?

Ever wondered how a score target is set for the team batting second after the match was interrupted by rain? The method, which is used to ascertain the score, is a mathematical formulation devised by two statisticians Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis in England. As the method came under the custody of Professor Steven Stern, it is known as the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method or DLS method.
 
The method was devised to set a fair target for the second team's inning with the same level of difficulty as the target scored in the first inning.

Each team in a match, except Test cricket,
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