Test Twenty New format with new rules Explain | Test Twenty launch new format of cricket 2026

Test Twenty explained: the game-changing fourth format of cricket

A new kind of contest
Test Twenty will be an 80-over match, played and completed in a single day. Each team will bat twice, with two innings of 20 overs each, and the first innings’ score will be carried forward.

The game allows for every possible result: win, loss, tie, or draw. If the aggregate scores are level, a Super Over decides the outcome.

But if the batting side survives the entire innings with five wickets in hand, they can choose to settle for a draw.

The rules of the game
Test Twenty introduces several tweaks to traditional laws of the game:

Powerplay: One per match, lasting four overs, taken at the captain’s discretion. If not taken, it will be enforced between overs 7 and 10 of the second innings.
Follow-on: Can be enforced if the second-batting side trails by 75+ runs after the first innings.
Early Collapse Clause: If a team is bowled out before 10 overs in their first innings, the opponent gains three extra overs.
Bowling Restrictions: Only five bowlers allowed per side, with a maximum of eight overs each across both innings.
Wides & No-Balls: Standard T20 rules apply, but three or more in one over adds a three-run penalty.
Over-rate Penalty: Slow over-rates cost five runs and a lost timeout.
Super Session: In case of a tie, one-over eliminator decides the result; if still level, the team with more boundaries wins.

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