BCCI’s Big Rule Change Ahead Of IPL 2024 Auction, To Allow Two Bouncers Per Over: Report | Cricket News

A giant rule change has reportedly been launched by the Indian Premier League (IPL) authorities forward of the beginning of the public sale in Dubai. From the subsequent season onwards, the IPL is about to permit bowlers to bowl two bouncers per over, making the competition between the bat and the ball extra aggressive. The rule was effectively examined by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a home T20 event in India. It is now set to be applied within the IPL 2024 season.

A report in ESPNCricinfo said that the rule has already been accepted and is about to be applied within the subsequent season. Indian pacer Jyadev Unadkat is worked up by this rule change.

“I do feel two bouncers an over is very much useful, and I feel it’s one of those things which gives the bowler an added advantage over batsmen,” Unadkat advised ESPNcricinfo. “Because, for example, if I bowl a slower bouncer… the batsman in the previous case is sure that there’s no more bouncer coming. In this case, even if you bowl one slower bouncer in the first half of the over, you can still use one more [in the over]. Someone who is weak against bouncers will have to be better at it and then it will give the bowler one more weapon in their armoury. So, I feel it’s a very small change with a huge impact and as a bowler I feel it’s very important to have that rule.”

“Also in the death overs, you have one more option,” he stated. “So, it was becoming more of yorker-oriented [bowling] in death overs for fast bowlers. Not it can be yorker, slower ball and bouncers because of two bouncers an over. Even if you don’t bowl the second bouncer, the batsman still has that expectation that the bowler might bowl the second bouncer.”

The rule may influence the ten franchises’ mindset in addition to they appear to get in among the high pacers from the public sale. The likes of Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Geral Coetzee, Josh Hazlewood, and so forth, are already on high of groups’ wishlist. The rule-change may make the competitors for them much more fierce.