In IPL 2023, the captain will come for the toss with two different team sheets and will reveal his playing 11 after the toss. This is one of the significant changes in the rules of IPL. The IPL said in an internal note that this would allow franchises to pick their best playing 11, whether they bat first or bowl first. Apart from this, teams will also have a chance to choose an impact player after the toss.
“Currently the captains have to exchange the teams before the toss,” the note said. “This has been changed to exchange of teams immediately post the toss, to enable teams to choose the best XI depending on whether they are batting or bowling first. It will also assist the teams to plan for the impact player.”
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The IPL is the second league after the SA20, in which teams will be allowed to name their playing 11 after the toss. This has been the rule since the first season of the SA20. In this league the captain goes for the toss with 13 players and after the toss announces the names of 11 players who are playing the match.
SA20 director Graeme Smith had said that this rule has been brought in to reduce the effect of the toss. In the 33 matches of the South Africa T20 League, the teams that won the toss won 15 and lost 16. The results of two matches did not come out.