“Makes My Job Tough…”: Hardik Pandya’s Blunt Take On ‘Influence Participant’ Rule In IPL 2023

Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya has recommended that the ‘Influence Participant’ rule can result in conditions the place sure bowlers are underutilised. Defending champions GT kicked off their Indian Premier League title protection by beating Chennai Tremendous Kings within the match opener on Friday. After being put into bat, CSK posted a complete of 178/7, which GT chased down with 5 wickets and 4 balls to spare. Talking after the match, Hardik mentioned that the ‘Influence Participant’ rule has truly made issues tough for captains on the sector.

“To be very trustworthy, having this affect rule makes my job fairly tough as a result of when you could have too many choices, you need to decide the suitable choice, and I believe due to this purpose, somebody will bowl much less. I needed to simply decide and sort of again [my instinct], the place I felt that going exhausting lengths was the plan for me, and it sort of labored, so yeah, a few of the bowlers got here late however they did the job for us,” Hardik mentioned in the course of the post-match presentation ceremony.

Chasing 179 for victory, Gujarat rode on Shubman Gill‘s 36-ball 63 to realize their goal with 4 balls to spare on the world’s greatest cricket stadium and their homeground.

The sixteenth version of the money-spinning T20 match started with a glitzy opening ceremony and fireworks at a floor which has an official capability of 132,000.

Earlier, CSK opener Ruturaj Gaikwad silenced the house followers with a flurry of boundaries in his 92 off 50 balls.

Throughout the match, CSK’s Tushar Deshpande created historical past by turning into the primary ‘Influence Participant’ within the historical past of IPL.

For GT, Sai Sudharsan additionally changed Kane Williamson underneath the brand new “affect participant” rule.

Gujarat pulled off a fairytale title win of their debut season final 12 months in entrance of a file crowd of 101,566 on the similar venue.

(With AFP Inputs)