New Delhi, Sports Desk. A new rule has been introduced in IPL 2023. Under the ‘Impact Player Rule’, during the match, both the teams rest one player each and field a substitute player in their place.
After the toss, both the captains have to name 5-5 substitute players. Under this rule, now 12 players can play in the match instead of 11. The 12th player is called the Impact Player.
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RCB has Adopted a New Rule
This season all the teams are trying to take full advantage of this rule. However, teams like Delhi Capitals failed to take full advantage of this new rule. At the same time, the Royal Challenger Bangalore team is taking full advantage of this rule.
In the last few matches, Delhi used opener Prithvi Shaw as an impact player, that is, he came only to bat, but his performance as an impact player was very bad. On the other hand, Faf Duplesey has taken advantage of this rule from RCB.
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Sunil Gavaskar Raised Some Questions Regarding this New Rule
Significantly, most of the batsmen who are coming to bat without fielding, they are not able to score more runs. Actually, the 37th match of IPL was played between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, in this match Ambati Rayudu came in place of young Akash Singh as the number four impact player, but he got out without opening the account. After Rayudu’s dismissal, former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar raised some questions regarding this new rule.
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Gavaskar Said – No Fielding No Scoring
Sunil Gavaskar has questioned the decision to come out to bat straight away without fielding. He said, “You come to bat without fielding and try to hit big shots. As a batsman, you cannot succeed.”
He explained this by giving the example of Prithvi Shaw. He further said,”No fielding no scoring, Raizdu out without opening the account.”
