South African Wicketkeeper Heinrich Klaasen has shown his dislike towards the infamous impact substitute rule as he mentioned he doesn’t want the rule to be introduced in international cricket.
Klaasen is not the only player to be discontent with the rule, as several cricketers and experts like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have proven themselves to not be fans of the rule.
Klaasen speaks about the impact sub rule
The South African Wicketkeeper batsman has not only shown his dislike for the impact sub rule, but has also revealed that he doesn’t think the rule has any place in International Cricket.
In his statement, Klaasen has said that the impact player rule has given too kuch freedom to the batsmen.
“The Impact sub rule allowed batsmen to play with much more freedom and the execution was at a different level on pitches that were good.” Heinrich said.
“In the IPL, you are measured by the number of sixes you hit and your strike rate. That’s your bread-and-butter, and no one worries about your average.” He added.
Why Klaasen doesn’t want impact sub rule in International Cricket
Despite the rule benefitting Klaasen, he does not want it to be introduced in international cricket. Heinrich indicated that too kuch freedom for the batsmen might not be good for the game’s spirit.
“But I hope the impact sub does not come into international cricket. It frees up the batting side too much and you can have a batsman at number nine with it, so there’s no need for anyone to hang around.” he said
“It takes away the creativity of batting, it takes away smart batting. Like when Jos Buttler scored a superb century off 60 balls for Rajasthan Royals against Kolkata Knight Riders to chase down 224, having scored just 25 off his first 18 deliveries. The Impact sub will take away that sort of brilliance to sum up conditions and hang around a bit, against just bombing the ball over small boundaries.”
“It will allow teams to not play the situation so well. We also don’t get a lot of difficult pitches in the IPL, which is why the way teams go extremely hard in the powerplay is the big trend, and then the middle-order adjusts depending on whether you’re in trouble or flying.”
Klaasen has had a great time at the IPL in the last couple of years, scoring 927 runs at an average and strike rate of 44.1 and 173.9 respectively.
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