‘Batsmen are in two minds …’: Sandeep Sharma, Nicholas Pooran support IPL rule change for bowlers | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: Sandeep Sharma, a Rajasthan Royals pacer, hailed a rule change within the Indian Premier League (IPL) that allows bowlers to bowl two bouncers each over, claiming it would preserve batters guessing and the sport extra unpredictable.
Twenty20 cricket has historically been a batsmen’s format, with bowlers allowed just one short-pitched supply every over, together with in worldwide video games, however the Indian cricket board modified the rule to stage the taking part in discipline for this 12 months’s IPL.

“I feel the bowlers get some assist with this,” Sandeep informed reporters after Rajasthan beat Lucknow Tremendous Giants by 20 runs of their opener on Sunday.

“Earlier, batsmen have been in a position to predict the place the bowler would bowl if he had used his one bouncer already. It will be simpler for the batsmen. However with two bouncers, the batsmen are additionally in two minds that there is nonetheless one bouncer left for the bowler to make use of,” Sandeep added.
West Indies batsman Nicholas Pooran, whose undefeated 64 was in useless throughout Lucknow’s fruitless chase of 194, additionally supported the rule change.
“It is a good rule. Particularly when a man is available in to bat, it is efficient. If somebody would not just like the quick ball, you possibly can pepper him with a few them,” Pooran stated.

“However in saying that, we as gamers and bowlers must do our homework as effectively. Some batsmen, they just like the quick ball as effectively,” the West Indies batsman added.
KL Rahul underwent concussion protocols after being struck on the helmet by New Zealand paceman Trent Boult however the Lucknow skipper didn’t dwell an excessive amount of on the rule or his workforce’s loss.
“It’s simply the primary recreation and I am not going to make an excessive amount of out of it or over-analyse,” Rahul stated.
(With inpust from Reuters)