Critic of ‘Impact Player’ Rohit Sharma not in playing XI, Hardik Pandya named ‘Substitute’ for MI vs KKR | cricket news

Days after criticizing the IPL’s ‘Impact Player’ rule, Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma found himself on the bench as an impact substitute in the IPL 2024 game in the match against KKR. “I’m not a big fan of the impact sub rule. It will hold all-rounders back, after all cricket is played by 11 players and not 12 players. You are taking a lot out of the game to make it entertaining for people around. If you look at the cricket aspect, I think people like Shivam Dubey and Washington Sundar are not getting a chance to bowl, which is not a good thing for us,” Rohit said on ‘Club Prairie Fire’ podcast. Said.

“I don’t know what you can do about it. You’ve got 12 players, it’s entertaining, you can bring in an impact player after seeing how the game is going, how the pitch is behaving. If you bat well and you don’t lose wickets, you can add another bowler, it gives you the option of six or seven bowlers, you don’t need that extra batsman because a lot of teams are batting well up front. And you hardly see a No. 7 or a No. 8 bowler coming to bat,” he had explained.

But he was not in the starting eleven for MI vs KKR.

Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya decided to bowl against Kolkata Knight Riders in the 51st match of IPL 2024 at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday. Hardik said that he has made one change in the playing eleven and Naman Dheer has been included in place of Mohammad Nabi.

“It’s looking quite tough for us but at the same time, we want to play good cricket. It feels good to be back home. Looks like a good track and it’s a fresh wicket. We haven’t played on this surface. One Change: Naman Dheer comes in place of Mohammad Nabi,” Hardik Pandya said at the toss.

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer said that they are fielding with an unchanged team.

“It’s all about doing the little things right. The message is very clear: each person knows his role and responsibility. Batting first, we are going with the same team,” Shreyas said. “

Mumbai is coming into this match after three consecutive defeats while KKR has got two wins and one defeat in its last three matches. However, in the head-to-head series, Mumbai have dominated by winning 23 out of 32 matches, while KKR have won nine.

Playing XIs: Mumbai Indians: Ishan Kishan (wk), Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma.

Substitutes: Rohit Sharma, Shams Mulani, Shivalik Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Romario Shepherd.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Phil Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Options: Chetan Sakariya, Anukul Roy, Sherfane Rutherford, KS Bharat, Manish Pandey

With IANS inputs