IPL games to take 15 minutes more
Fans who have become accustomed to T20 matches lasting just three hours are in for a surprise during the second season of the IPL - they will now last three and a quarter hours. Part of the appeal of the shortest form of the game is the non-stop action bu
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Games will now take longer with the introduction of a 'time out' but there will be no action at all during the added time • AFP
Neil Manthorp is a South African broadcaster and journalist, and head of the MWP Sport agency