Shubman Gill Talks About the Impact Player Rule: Gujarat Titans Captain Shubman Gill is the recent one to comment on the Indian Premier League’s controversial impact player rule. Unlike many others, the Gujarat Titans skipper favors the rule.
Shubman Gill talked about the rule after his team’s narrow loss in the high-scoring match against Delhi Capitals. GT fell short of four runs chasing 224 runs that were put forth by Delhi.
Shubman Gill Talks About the Impact Player Rule
Gill said that the rule ‘gives teams more flexibility’, even if they are in trouble early on. The knowledge of having an impact player would give teams leverage to play in an attacking mode.
“Impact Player gives teams more flexibility, even if they lose early wickets. Knowing they have a cushion, teams can continue attacking without fear of collapse. To reach a competitive total, sides must keep the momentum going rather than playing cautiously through the middle overs,” Shubman Gill said.
Gill’s Opinion Is Against Rohit’s View
Gills’s opinion is against Indian captain Rohit Sharma’s views on the rule. Rohit earlier had stated that the impact player rule reduced the opportunities for all-rounders.
“I am not a big fan of Impact sub-rule. It is going to hold all-rounders back, eventually, cricket is played by 11 players, not 12 players. You are taking out so much from the game to make it entertaining for people around. If you look just from the cricketing aspect of it I feel guys like Shivam Dube and Washington Sundar aren’t getting to bowl, which for us is not a good thing,” Rohit said.
“I don’t know what you can do about it. There are 12 players for you, it is entertaining, and you can bring on the impact player after watching how the game is going, and how the pitch is behaving. If you bat well and you don’t lose wickets, you can add another bowler, it gives you an option of six or seven bowlers. You don’t require that extra batter because a lot of teams are batting well up front and you hardly see a No 7 or No 8 coming to bat,” he added.
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