The 9 Most disastrous experiments in Cricket

2. The Super-sub:

When the super-sub rule was implemented, the teams had to name 12 players before the toss, with 11 in the starting eleven and one as the super-sub. The super sub could come into the game anytime during the match in place of any other player, but the moment he walked in, one player had to go out and was disqualified from coming back and taking any further part in the one day match.

The original intention of the substitution rule (acc. to ICC) was to encourage teams to make greater use of all-rounders but in practice specialists were being used to fill a void. The rule was scrapped perhaps because it placed too much importance on winning the toss in ODIs and many former and current cricketers criticized it. In some instances, it appeared a 12 vs 11 contest in favour of the team winning the toss, and heavily unbalanced the game.