'Time out' during IPL games for viewers' sake

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Fans who have been watching the regular three hour-long Twenty20 matches are in for a surprise during the second season of the Indian Premier League in South Africa.

Matches this season will now last 15 minutes more than the earlier scheduled three hours. But there will be no action during the added time.

The IPL authorities are planning to market the added time by calling it a tactical 'time out'.

Each innings will now come to a halt for seven-and-a-half minutes after 10 overs. The break will see the stadium crowd entertained by a live band as television audiences will watch three, separate two-and-a-half minute segments.

While two of which will be sold commercially the third will show the teams taking drinks and discussing 'tactics'.