RULEBOOK
Jain Box Cricket Tournament — everything you need to know to play, bowl, field and score. Tap the toggles to explore the tricky bits.
Tournament Structure
16 teams in 4 groups of 4. The group stage is round-robin — every team plays each of the others in its group ➔ Semifinals ➔ Final.
Team & Squad Rules
7 players per team — all seven take the field. A wicket-keeper is mandatory at all times.
Auction Rules
Bidding opens at the ₹3,000 base and rises in ₹1,000 steps up to ₹10,000; beyond ₹10,000 each raise is ₹2,000 — up to the ₹82,000 cap.
Bowling Quotas & Restrictions
Matches stay dynamic because multiple bowlers must step up. Toggle the stage to see the required over split:
Max 2 overs for one bowler · 3 others bowl 1 over each.
Field Restrictions & Powerplays
Positioning is tracked relative to the bowling-stumps line. Toggle the phase:
1 fielder allowed behind the bowling stumps
Mandatory first-over powerplay — only one fielder may stand behind the bowling stumps (between the stumps and the front net). The keeper and bowler don’t count.
The Tape-Ball Wildcard
The bowling team may introduce exactly one over of a tape ball at any point between the 2nd over and the end of the innings — unpredictable swing and pace make it a key tactical call for the captain.
Optional: using the tape-ball over is entirely the bowling team’s choice — they can skip it.
Scoring & Boundaries
Hitting a side or top net is NOT 1 run — the ball stays live and batsmen can keep running. Only a ball that exits over the side net is declared 1 run.
Overthrows are counted — batsmen keep running. If the ball reaches the front net off an overthrow, a boundary is awarded.
General Gameplay
Match balls: regular overs use a SiXiT ball; the tape-ball over uses a Wilson.
One optional tape-ball over is allowed per innings — see the Tape-Ball Wildcard above.
All standard ICC rules apply — including wides, no-balls and run-outs.
The exception: LBW — no Leg Before Wicket dismissals.