Two teams play a single innings, which is restricted to a maximum of ten overs (60 legal balls) per side, with the game lasting approximately 90 minutes.
The first competition using this format took place in December 2017, the opening season of the T10 League (now known as the Abu Dhabi T10) in the United Arab Emirates.
[11] India hosted the Indian Street Premier League, a tennis ball cricket league, in the T10 format in March 2024, with over ₹1,165 crore (US$130 million) having been spent by the winning bidders in order to own the six teams in the competition.
[15] In May 2020, Cricket West Indies announced that the first edition of the Vincy Premier T10 League would start on 22 May 2020[16] but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
[17] In June 2020, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced the commencement of the first edition of the PDC T10 League.