New Delhi. Impact Player has changed the face of IPL. In the IPL, where playing eleven could never be imagined without 4 foreign players, now this is becoming a common thing. Rajasthan Royals has many times entered the playing eleven with 3 foreign players. Mumbai Indians have also done this. So are these teams making the best use of ‘impact players’? The answer is no. Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings have taken maximum advantage of impact players. Let us know how.
So far, about 25 percent of the matches (17 matches) have been played in the Indian Premier League 2024. Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals are on top of the points table after winning all their three matches. Rajasthan Royals team is making excellent use of impact players. Against Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Supergiants, he included only 3 foreign players in his playing eleven. Many people felt that RR was making a mistake. But it was not so. His playing eleven included Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer and Trent Boult. Instead of choosing the fourth foreign player in the playing eleven, he kept two foreigners Rovman Powell and Nandre Berger in the list of impact players. In this way he got the option of two foreign cricketers for the fourth foreigner. If the batting fails then field all-rounder Powell and if the score is good then field the specialist bowler Berger.
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Nandre Berger has performed well for Rajasthan. There is no doubt that if Rajasthan has won all three matches, then burgers have played a big role in it. If we look at the list of bowlers who have taken the most wickets, Mohit Sharma and Mustafizur Rahman are jointly at the first position with 7 wickets each. The special thing in this is that Mohit Sharma plays for Gujarat Titans only as an impact player. Mohit is among the two players of IPL 2024 who have played the maximum number of 4-4 matches as an impact player so far.
Which impact player played the most matches
Like Mohit Sharma, Arshdeep Singh has played four matches as an impact player. The strategy of Punjab Kings is very clear that when you bowl, Arshdeep Singh should be on the field and when you bat, Prabhsimrin Singh or Ashutosh Sharma should be in his place. Similarly, Gujarat Titans made Mohit Singh bowl in every match but when it came to bat, Sai Sudarshan or Rahul Tewatia came to the crease.
Five players including Shivam Dubey of Chennai Super Kings have been fielded by their teams three times as impact players. These include Sai Sudarshan of Gujarat Titans, Yash Dayal of RCB, Prabhsimran Singh of Punjab Kings and Abhishek Porel of Delhi Capitals.
What is the rule of impact player:
The entry of Impact Player in IPL happened for the first time in 2023. According to the Impact Player rule, after the toss, every team has to name 5 substitute players in addition to the playing eleven. At any time during the match, one of these 5 players can be fielded, who is called impact player. Tushar Deshpande of Chennai Super Kings is the first impact player of IPL. CSK had fielded him in place of Ambati Rayudu in IPL 2023.
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Tags: Impact Player, IPL 2024, Punjab Kings
FIRST PUBLISHED: April 5, 2024, 11:29 IST