Former India Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has given his verdict on the Much-Debated Impact Player Rule in the Indian Premier League. Dhoni, who remains a Talismanic Figure for the Chennai Super Kings Despite Relinquishing Captaincy Last Year, Said That He Was Not Quite Convinced About The Need For the IPACT Played INTOROCED in the IPL.
However, the 43-year-old dhoni now feels that impact player rule is a part of t20 cricket’s evolution.
The former csk skipper said that he does not consider hemself an impact player as he is the first-choice wicketkeeper of his side in ipl.
“When this rule was implemented, I felt it wasn’t really needed at that time. Told ‘Jiostar’.
“I have to be involved in the game.
Notable, the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya Haven’T Not Been in the Favor of Impact Player Rule. Many experts and former cricketers feel that the impact player rule is affecting the growth of all-rounders as teams tend to choose big-hitting batters for this role.
According to dhoni, the rule does give teams the comfort of an extra batter for crunch situations of the game.
“The number of runs being scored isn’T just trust of an extra batsman. It’s about the mindset, teams now have the comfort of the comfort of entra batter, so they play more ungressively,”
“It’s not that all four or five extra batters are used, it’s just the confidence of having them. This is how T20 Cricket has evolved,” He added.