5 rule changes that have taken place since the start of the IPL

#4 Use of two white balls from either end

In order to spruce up the ODI format, the ICC also introduced the use of two new white balls from either end.

While this idea was not new to cricket as it was used during the ICC World Cup in 1992, it came into effect from 2011 to allow the bowlers to get the new balls to swing for a longer period of time.

Also, it allowed the batsmen to sight the ball better as previously there were problems sighting the white ball as it got old and ragged.

Although reverse swing was the casualty in the process, this new rule has not changed ever since and has allowed the bowlers to utilize the two new balls to get a conventional swing for a much longer time.