New Delhi: Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday lauded International Cricket Council (ICC) for scrapping their controversial boundary countback rule, which declared England winner of 2019 World Cup at the Lord's on 14th July.
"I felt this was important as it is a fair way to obtain a result when nothing else separates the two teams," Tendulkar tweeted on Wednesday.
Interestingly, after the World Cup final between New Zealand and England, were tied twice at the of of the stipulated overs and the subsequent Super Over. The hosts were declared the winner on the basis of superior boundary count.
England had scored 26 boundaries in total in the entire duration of the match at Lord's on July 14 as compared to 17 by the Black Caps and were thus crowned as champions.
However, on Monday, the ICC scrapped the contentious boundary rule and stated that it will not be used in future ICC events.
It was important: Tendulkar lauds ICC's decision to scrap boundary countback rule
ICC scrapped the contentious boundary rule and stated that it will not be used in future ICC events.
Sachin Tendulkar
"In group stages, if the Super Over is tied, the match will be tied. In semi-finals and finals, there is one change to the Super Over-regulation in keeping with the basic principle of scoring more runs than the opponent to win, the Super Over will be repeated until one team has more runs than the other," said ICC in a media release.