Red Bull Street Cricket took place for the first time in Karachi, Pakistan and the finale of the tournament held on June 8, 2018.The event took place in the Parking lot at Hill Park.
Street cricket is something momentous for Pakistani cricket followers. Red Bull took an initiative for such enthusiasts by arranging Red Bull Street Cricket to showcase national talent. The tournament had 32 participating teams representing all corners of Karachi including (Defence, Clifton, Gulshan, PECHS and North Nazimabad).
Rules of the tournament were personalized according to the ground requirements to make the sport more exciting. Hit leg side boundary (1 run), Hit the off side boundary (2 runs), Directly goes over the boundary on the off side (Out), Straight boundary (4’s and 6’s as usual). In the duration of the innings both sides were given 2 super-balls each.If the bowling team took a wicket on a super ball, the team on the batting side would lose 5 runs. The batting side when called the super-ball doubled the amount of runs scored on that ball.
