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Adapting to the new ODI rules will be very difficult: Misbah

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Press Trust of India Chennai

"It is a very difficult scenario. At the beginning, both for the bowlers and the captain, it will be difficult to adapt because for a long time, this (the old) format has been in vogue," Misbah told reporters on the eve of the first one-dayer against India.

Under the new rules, one new ball will be used at each end, bowlers will be allowed two bouncers an over, there will be no batting Power Play, the bowling Power Play will have to be completed before the 40th over, and at no stage in the innings will more than four fielders be allowed outside the 30-yard circle.

 

"To adapt will be difficult, there will be changes in the game -

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First Published: Dec 29 2012 | 9:45 PM IST

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