The 51st match of IPL 2024 was played between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders on May 3 at the Wankhede Stadium. In this match, the Kolkata Knight Riders team made a good score after a bad start and then gave a tough time to the Mumbai batsmen in the bowling.

KKR won against Mumbai Indians by 24 runs and are at second position in the points table after gaining 2 more points. Mitchell Starc has a big role in this victory. Starc performed brilliantly and bowled 3 overs 5 balls in which he took 4 wickets for 33 runs. But he had bowled poorly in the last few matches, so after the match, when Mitchell Starc was asked the reason for his poor bowling, his answer was worth listening to.

When Starc was asked the reason behind the poor figures of the bowlers, he blamed the impact player rule.

Let us tell you that the ‘Impact Player’ rule in IPL has started from 2023. This rule was brought to make cricket more exciting but now cricketers seem unhappy about it. Rohit Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, David Milner and now Mitchell Starc have spoken against it.

Let’s know what Mitchell Starc said on ‘Impact Player Rule’-

“The Impact Player rules are changing things up a bit in the match. Because of this rule, there has been more depth in batting and everyone is getting a chance to bat till the lower order. Because of this rule all this is happening and big scores are being made against the bowlers in the match. The nature of the pitch and the ground also have an impact on this. When you have batsmen or batting all-rounders at number eight and nine, the batting order becomes very big and the bowler does not get a chance to make a comeback.”

“At the same time, in the powerplay, the batsmen have no fear because you just have to cross the boundary to score runs. And if you are out, there is a batting line behind you. There has definitely been a lot of good batting in the tournament and it is only because of this rule that the batsmen are showing different confidence. Yes, there has been some great scoring and partnerships and some good individual performances with the bat too. But the reason behind the poor statistics of the bowlers is this rule itself.”