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“We
wanted to do something different from the conventional Man
of the match, hence the innovation in which the umpires will
be involved,” explained Mallaya during the press conference.
After
each match, the two officiating umpires and the third umpire
will reward award points to the competing teams based on the
following criteria:
Up to 4 points - awarded per team that in the opinion of the
umpires according to how the team upheld the spirit of the
game during the match;
2 / 1 / 0 points * - awarded to one or both team/s - if in
the opinion of the umpires the team/s showed respect to the
opposition;
2
/ 1 / 0 points * – awarded to one or both team/s - if
in the opinion of the umpires the team/s showed respect to
the laws of the game;
2
/ 1 / 0 points * – awarded to one or both team/s - if
in the opinion of the umpires the team/s showed respect to
the umpires. A team can receive a maximum of ten points per
match.
*Key
to Award Points: 2 points – Exemplary, 1 point –
Good, 0 points – Average.
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Kingfisher
Airlines Chairman and CEO Vijaya Mallaya also announced a
‘Fly Kingfisher Fair Play Award’ during the matches
which begin on 18 April in Bangalore.