'Impact player rule should be changed', former BCCI president made a special demand

• There was a lot of controversy regarding the impact player rule
  
• Veteran cricketers opposed this rule
  
• Sourav Ganguly gave a statement about influential players
  

There was a lot of controversy regarding the impact player rule in IPL 2024. From Indian team captain Rohit Sharma to many veteran cricketers opposed this rule. Regarding this, the BCCI said that they will hold a meeting to consider whether this rule should be implemented or not. However, the BCCI also said that whatever changes will be made will be made in the next season. In such a situation, in IPL 2025, we will either not see the impact player rule or there will be changes in it. Meanwhile, the former BCCI president has given 2 important suggestions on the impact player rule.

Statement on the Impact Player Rule

The former Indian cricketer said, “I like the impact player rule, it should continue, but two changes are needed.” Ganguly said that IPL is a big tournament. The impact player rule can be continued in it, but two changes should be made in it. First of all, it should be decided which team will call which player as an impact player. Because any team makes its planning according to the opposite team. In such a situation, if a player comes to play who does not have any plan, then a problem arises. For this reason, the impact player should be announced during the toss itself.

A former veteran suggested this second

Giving another suggestion, Sourav Ganguly said that the boundaries should be increased in IPL. It is clearly visible that after the implementation of the impact player rule, the target of 200 in IPL is being considered a small target. The target of 250 is also no longer safe. If we want to stop such big scores from being made, then we will have to increase the boundaries. ' Many cricketers have given this suggestion before, now Sourav Ganguly has also given the same suggestion to BCCI. Now it remains to be seen whether BCCI accepts these 2 suggestions of Sourav Ganguly in IPL 2025 or abolishes the impact player rule.