BCCI to take final call next week on Impact Player Rule

For another year the hotly debated Impact Player or Impact Sub rule in Indian Premier League is likely to continue. While the rule does not help India Cricket Team create another Hardik Pandya, franchises are all for it. It helps the teams strategies better even when there is a lack of a pace-bowling all-rounder in the team. However, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has yet to take a final call on this.

The Indian board hasn’t announced any revision to the existing rule for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the rule’s testing ground. With the IPL Governing Council chairman, ArunDhumal, away on ICC responsibilities, a meeting did not take place. But Dhumal is expected to convene a meeting next week to discuss the rules. And a concrete decision on whether the Impact Player rule will survive IPL 2025 is likely then.

As per the statement of the BCCI official, “There has not been any debate on the Impact Player rule. As is the case with all new rules, we seek feedback from the stakeholders. Franchises have given their feedback and some of the players too. We value their feedback. But ultimately, it is on the IPL GC to take the final call.”

 

Aug 30, 2024 10:44 AM