IPL 2023: Kolkata, Punjab blundered in selection of impact player!

Did the Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings teams fail to understand the Impact Player Rule introduced in IPL 2023? Netizens are saying yes. The match between these two teams is going on at Mohali on Saturday. The captains of both the teams have also handed over the list of five substitute players along with the playing 11 to play in this match. But.. this is where the Punjab and Kolkata teams made a mistake.

To hire an impact player? He should definitely be in the list of five substitute players submitted by the captains. But what if 4 foreign players have already been included in the final squad? Then even if there is a foreign player among those five substitute players, he cannot be taken as an impact player. The teams of Kolkata and Punjab, who have forgotten this, have included four foreign players in the playing 11 but also included one foreign player in the list of five substitute players. With that, both the teams lost the opportunity to take that foreign player as an impact player.

Kolkata.. took foreign players in the form of Rahmatullah Gurbaz, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Tim Southee in the final team. However, David Weiss has been included in the list of possible impact players. Also, four foreign players in the form of Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Sikandar Raza, Sam Karan and Nathan Ellis have been included in the final Punjab team. Mathew Short has also been included in the list of five substitute players. With that, both the teams did not have the chance to take David Wise and Matthew Short as impact players.

What is the basic rule of IPL? The final team should have only four foreign players. Also, it is not possible to replace a foreign player in the form of an impact player with another foreign player. If taken? Then five foreign players will be played. This is against the basic rule of IPL.

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