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Your substitute(s) will come into action when your already chosen player(s) is not a part of the playing XI

• A player with status NOT PLAYING in your playing XI is replaced with a Substitute with status PLAYING
• You can select upto four Substitutes regardless of their Credit Points
• Decide the priority order of your substitutes: S1, S2, S3, S4
• A player can be replaced with a substitute of a different Player Type. For example, an all-rounder can replace a batsman if all the team-making rules are followed

Team-making rules applicable even after Substitution:

1. The total credit points of your team should always be less than or equal to 100 even after a NOT PLAYING member of your team is replaced by a Substitute.
2. Your team should have 1-4 wicket-keepers, 1-6 batsmen, 1-6 all-rounders and 1-6 bowlers.
3. You can select a maximum of 7 players from one team.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Substitution will NOT take place if any of the above rules is violated. Make sure you choose your Substitute players such that all the rules are followed for Substitutions to take place.

How Substitutions Work?

Step 1:

Select up to 4 players as substitutes in addition to 11 players in your team and set the priority order as S1, S2, S3, S4.

Step 2:

A player from your team is not a part of the Playing XI, that is, he/she has the status NOT PLAYING.

Step 3:

Substitutions will be automatically initiated and the system will replace your NOT PLAYING player with a substitute who is PLAYING in the match, going by the priority order S1, S2, S3 and S4.

If more than one players have the status NOT PLAYING in your team, the following steps are carried out to decide who will be substituted first

1. Captain is replaced if NOT PLAYING.
2. Vice-Captain is replaced if NOT PLAYING.
3. The players with the highest Credit Points are replaced if NOT PLAYING:
   1. If there is more than one NOT PLAYING member with the highest Credit Points, the Player Type is checked in the following order:
      1. Batsmen will be replaced first
      2. All-Rounders will be replaced next
      3. Wicket-Keepers will be replaced next
      4. Bowlers will be replaced at last
   2. If there is more than one player of the same Player Type with highest Credit Points, the player’s name that is first in Alphabetical Order of their display name will be selected for substitution first. For example, Rohit Sharma will be replaced ahead of Steve Smith, with both having the same Credit Points(9.5) and the same Player Type (Batsman).

Step 4:

If your Captain or Vice-Captain gets replaced by a Substitute player, then the Substitute with the highest priority becomes the Captain or Vice-Captain of your team

Assume that this is your team for a match between India and Australia.

Suppose Hardik Pandya is NOT PLAYING:

• Step 1: Check if S1 = KL Rahul (9.5) can replace H Pandya (9)
  • Not possible as doing this will increase Total Credit Points to 100.5
• Step 2: Check if S2 = K Jadhav (9) can replace H Pandya (9)
  • Possible as K Jadhav has as many Credit Points (9) as Hardik Pandya
  • Hence, K Jadhav replaces H Pandya in the team

Suppose R Sharma, R Pant and D Warner are NOT PLAYING:

• Step 1: Check if any of the NOT PLAYING member is the Captain
  • No, hence we move to the next step
• Step 2: Check if any of the NOT PLAYING member is the Vice-Captain
  • Yes, David Warner is the Vice-Captain, and so, he is considered for substitution first.
  • S1 = KL Rahul (9.5) cannot replace D Warner (9) as selecting him takes the Total Credit Points to 100.5. You need someone who has as many or less Credit Points than D Warner.
  • S2 = K Jadhav (9) replaces D Warner (9) as your Total Credit Points now remains the same.
• Step 3: Check the players who are NOT PLAYING and have the highest Credit Points
  • R Sharma is assigned more Credit Points than R Pant, so he will be considered for substitution first
  • S1 = KL Rahul (9.5) replaces R Sharma (9.5)
• Step 4: Check the remaining players
  • Only Rishabh Pant is yet to be replaced
  • Rishabh Pant is considered for replacement with S3 = Aaron Finch, but it is mandatory to have at least one WK. Hence, S4 = Sanju Samson(9) replaces R Pant(9).
• Step 5: If Captain or Vice-Captain was substituted, the Substitute with the highest priority will become the Captain or Vice-Captain
  • KL Rahul becomes the Vice-Captain of the team

NOTE: (If Samson was assigned more Credit Points than Pant or wasn’t a WK, Pant could not have been replaced and you would have had to play with a team of 10 PLAYING and 1 NON-PLAYING CRICKETER.)

Concussion Substitution

Following are the rules for concussion substitution in the match:

• The concussed player taken out of the team will retain his points scored till that time. The substitute player replacing the concussed player will now be considered as PLAYING and will start scoring points for your team.

Case 1: Concussed Player in your Playing XI

The player will NOT be substituted and his points will be counted till the time of concussion

Case 2: Concussed Player in your Substitutes

If the concussed player was initially substituted in for another player who was NOT PLAYING, he will remain in your playing XI and his points till the concussion will be counted

Case 3: Concussion Substitute was already in your Playing XI

If the concussion substitute was already in your Playing XI and was substituted out due to NOT PLAYING status before, he will be included back in your Playing XI and his points will be counted

Case 4: Concussion substitute was in your Substitutes

If the concussion substitute was in your substitutes list and he was skipped for a substitution before as his status was NOT PLAYING then, he will checked again for substitution and will be included in the team if team making rules follow