Rajasthan Royals’s Sandeep Sharma through the T-20 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, cricket match in opposition to Lucknow Super Giants on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, Rajasthan on Sunday. March 24, 2024.
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Rajasthan Royals paceman Sandeep Sharma welcomed a rule change within the Indian Premier League (IPL) that permits bowlers to ship down two bouncers per over, saying it will hold batsmen guessing and make the sport extra unpredictable.
Twenty20 cricket has largely been a batsmen-friendly format with bowlers allowed just one short-pitched supply each over, together with in worldwide video games, however the Indian cricket board tweaked the rule to degree the taking part in area at this 12 months’s IPL.
The change was efficiently trialled throughout India’s home T20 match.
“I think the bowlers get some help with this,” Sandeep advised reporters after Rajasthan beat Lucknow Super Giants by 20 runs of their opener on Sunday.
“Earlier, batsmen were able to predict where the bowler would bowl if he had used his one bouncer already. It would be easier for the batsmen.
“But with two bouncers, the batsmen are additionally in two minds that there is nonetheless one bouncer left for the bowler to make use of.”
West Indies batsman Nicholas Pooran, whose unbeaten 64 went in vain during Lucknow’s unsuccessful chase of 194, also backed the rule tweak.
“It’s an excellent rule. Especially when a man is available in to bat, it is efficient. If somebody would not just like the brief ball, you possibly can pepper him with a few them,” Pooran said.
“But in saying that, we as gamers and bowlers must do our homework as properly. Some batsmen, they just like the brief ball as properly,” the West Indies batsman added.
K.L. Rahul underwent concussion protocols after being struck on the helmet by New Zealand paceman Trent Boult but the Lucknow skipper did not dwell too much on the rule or his team’s loss.
“It is simply the primary recreation and I’m not going to make an excessive amount of out of it or over-analyse,” Rahul stated.
