Top 10 changes in cricket in the past decade

#8. No runners

In 2011, the ICC discontinued the practice of a runner for an injured batsman

Cricket can be a grueling sport. In addition to battling the elements, players also have to battle their body's capacities in order to push for glory. With that in mind, law 25 of the MCC provisioned for a runner - a substitute player from the playing XI who can run for a batsman who's injured.

However, over a period of time, this law attracted a lot of controversies as opponent teams and captains felt that it was being misused to bring in runners for batsmen who were considered to be slow between the wickets. There was also a lot of back and forth with respect to the usage of runners when batsmen suffered from cramps

In order to steer away from this, the ICC altogether discontinued the practice of runners in cricket from October 2011. While it's been eight years since this rule was declared null and void, time and again there have been calls to reconsider this rule.