IPL 2023: Gujarat Titans batter David Miiler has stated his views on the Impact Player Rule, saying that he doesn’t feel it “threaten” the role of all-rounders and instead it provides teams with extra strength. During the pre-match press conference he said, “I’ve just come in the last couple of days and I’m still trying to kind of get the concept of it, but it seems like it takes away the impact of all-rounders, takes their role away, that’s my understanding, where you can take six or seven frontline betters or six frontline bowlers. So, yeah, I mean, we’ll see how it goes as IPL goes on.” Follow Indian Premier League 2023 LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
When asked if the all-rounder’s position is threatened due to the new rule, Miller said: “No, not necessarily threatened.”
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Miller expressess his view on new ‘Impact Player Rule’
“I mean, ultimately, you’ve got your all-rounders position. But I think the fact that you’ve got the choice to have the extra batter or the extra bowler just gives extra strength to the team.”
“So I wouldn’t say it’s a threat to any all-rounders. All-rounders have always been highly regarded in any team. So I think their role still remains, but it just gives this extra strength to the team in terms of batting or bowling.”
Miller on Kolkata Knight Riders and their Mystery Spinners
“KKR have got a strong team, some really good mystery bowlers, and we’re well aware of what they’ve gotten. In terms of preparation, we we’ve been doing everything we can the last day or two to counter that,” Miller said.
“It is going to be very hot. So I think the guys are going to be hydrating, well, the next 24 hours.”
Miller said GT have never been dependent on individuals and the contributions from different players will once again be the key to their title defence.
“In terms of the batting in our squad, we’ve got some, some really good betters at the moment, the guys are all contributing at different stages. And that’s what we did really well last year.
“There wasn’t one player that was kind of performing and everyone was relying on that person, it was, contributions from all the batters at different stages through the IPL. And I think in order to get to the playoffs and ultimately win the trophy, you need a squads performance in all the different betters throughout the tournament, as well as bowlers.
“The guys are in a really good space and batting really well and training really hard. So I’m not going to point out anyone specifically, but just as a team as how we kind of go about the season after being very successful last season.”
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