The Impact Player rule has been a pivotal talking point among experts and fans in the previous few weeks. This edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has seen a massive surge in the scoring rate, and the introduction of an additional player has a significant role to play.

Talking on the Club Prairie Fire Podcast, the Indian captain Rohit Sharma opinionated the Impact Player rule is holding the allrounders back. While he accepted that people are getting entertained, Rohit explained that this rule is not beneficial for Indian cricket in the long term.

While Shivam Dube has been on fire with the willow in the IPL since the last edition, he has barely bowled for Chennai Super Kings (CSK). In fact, CSK have used him as an impact player only since they have a better bowler to use in his place.

Don’t know what you can do about it: Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma added he is still determining what can be done about this Impact Player rule. However, he is not a fan of it because the team has 12 players to play with.

Concluding his point, Rohit added the teams have too many bowling options to play with. The lower-order batters don’t come to bat often due to the presence of an additional batter at the top.