IPL 2018: 7 major changes in the IPL over the years

#5 The stumps

LED stumps were used for the first time in the IPL during the ninth season in 2016. This innovation was conceived by an Aussie industrial designer called Bronte EcKermann and created by Zing International. It has provided the Television viewers and spectators an enhanced experience while getting them more involved in the game.

The technology was first used during the 2012 Australian Big Bash League, after three years of intense research. Now it is almost used all around the globe, especially in the T20 leagues such as the Pakistan Super League, Caribbean Premier League, and of course the Indian Premier League.

Whenever a batsman is bowled out or stumped, the bails and the stumps flash, thereby putting to rest the ambiguity whether the bails got dislodged or not.