Rohit Sharma Openly Criticises 'Impact Player' Rule. BCCI Responds

After India captain Rohit Sharma put forward his opinion regarding the "impact player" rule, Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Arun Dhumal has also reacted to the topic. Rohit had earlier started that he is "not a big fan of impact sub rule" while pointing out the flaws in it. While stating that everything has its pros and cons, Dhumal said that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is ready to review the rule once the ongoing IPL season gets over.

The "impact player" rule was first implemented in the 2022-23 Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament before being introduced in IPL. For the rule now being implemented in the marquee T20 tournament for almost two editions now, there have been a lot of expert opinions about it, with majority of them going against it.

"Now that such an observation has been made, we will definitely look into it. We will discuss with all parties involved and then take a call," Dhumal told The Telegraph on Friday.

"There are various pros and cons to any rule that is in place. We are open to any discussion once the season gets over... nothing is cast in stone about its implementation," he added.

Earlier, Rohit, who plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL, had explained how the impact player rule is taking the all-rounders' role out of the game.

"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 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 had said on 'Club Prairie Fire' podcast.

"I don't know what you can do about it. There are 12 players for you, it is entertaining, you can bring on the impact player after watching how the game is going, 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 had explained.