New 'Double Dhamaka' cricket format, played two overs a side, tests endurance, skills, and strategy in high-pressure situations.
Siblings playing backyard cricket with strange sets of rules, often necessitated by a lack of space, is nothing new.
The emergence of a relatively new format, which goes by names like ‘Double Dhamaka’ or ‘Double Wicket’, played two overs a side between teams with just two players, may turn one nostalgic about innumerable such backyard contests. But the organisers and players involved vouch that it is a testing format giving a high of its own to both players and spectators.
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