Five things the IPL should learn from BBL

Mumbai Indians - the defending IPL championsIn 2005, Australia had their inaugural edition of KFC T20 Big Bash. It was an inter-state tournament that had six teams (Queensland Bulls, South Australian Redbacks, New South Wales Blues, Victoria Bushrangers, Tasmania Tigers and Western Australia Warriors). It was a massive success and then all the cricket boards came up with an idea of setting up their own T20 league.India too had their own league called the Indian Cricket League, which was run by the Zee Group. It was termed as the rebel League as the BCCI was not in a favour of the league. After India’s 2007 World T20 triumph, BCCI came up with a league of their own, the Indian Premier League and it took the cricketing world by storm.The IPL had several world class players taking part in the tournament and at the end of the very first edition, IPL became one of the best and richest sporting leagues around the world. In 2012, Cricket Australia scrapped the Big Bash and started Big Bash League, a franchise-based tournament on the lines of IPL.Though there are some comparisons between both the leagues, the IPL stands out as the best among the rest. Still there are some things that the IPL should learn from the BBL. Let us take a look at five things from the BBL that the IPL should take a cue from.

#1 LED Bails

LED bails are used in BBL

One of the major things that took the attention of cricket fraternity towards the Big Bash League is the introduction of LED bails and stumps. This has made the job easier for the umpires especially during a stumping and run-out calls.

Earlier, the third umpires used to have some confusion regarding the dislodging of bails while making a call over a tight run-out or stumping. But since the inception of LED bails, there are no such worries for the TV umpires as the lights in the stump and bails will start to blink as soon as the bails get dislodged.

After it's success in the BBL, the ICC has started to use those LED bails in the ICC events. Now, the onus is on the BCCI to use the idea in the IPL.