Impact Player Rule in IPL Not Good For All-rounders? Jos Buttler Weighs in

There has been much debate over the Impact Player rule in IPL . So is it good or bad? Most plaudits reckon that the Rule takes away the effectiveness of an all-rounder, but is it true? Buttler reckons all-rounders are a necessity not a luxury. The rule allows teams to change their XI by another player who is listed in the five Impact Subs before the game. 

In an interview, Buttler claimed that all-rounders still have a huge part to play as they are crucial to the balance of a side.

‘They still play a huge part’

"I know in the IPL , people think the Impact Player rule is sort of taking something away from the all-rounders, but they still play a huge part. They're crucial to balancing the side. Even before the Impact Player rule came in, there were a lot of cricketers wanting to be involved, wanting to impact the game with both bat and ball," Buttler said.

“All-rounders traditionally have been crucial for cricket teams, to lengthen the batting lineup, provide balance and different bowling options. All-rounders are not a luxury but a necessity. Having multi-skilled players is a huge benefit,” he added. 

"There are pluses and minuses to both. Having that one guy across formats can have that consistent messaging, of course. At the time Brendon took over as Test coach along with Matthew Mott (former white-ball coach), the schedule for English cricket was incredibly busy. It looked impossible for one man to do it all. We had to balance that out," Buttler said in the same interview.

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