Ricky Ponting expresses his views on "Impact Player" rule's discontinuation

Delhi Capitals head coach and former Australian captain Ricky Ponting says that highscoring games will still continue in the IPL even if the Impact Player is discontinued The rule helps the team replace one of the original playing XI players during the matchIt has different opinions with Indian skipper Rohit Sharma saying that it can cause harm to the skillset of allrounders as they dont get a chance to bowl whereas Sourav Ganguly thinks that it is a good innovationthere is a talk if the impact player remains in the IPL if it doesnt will the scores come down again I am interested to see that I am not sure they will the threetime World Cup winner Ricky Ponting said during the release of Delhi Capitals batting coach Pravin Amres autobiography Zero FOR 5 The Thrilling Cricket Journey of Pravin Amre here on MondayYes the impact player does provide a bit of cushion for the guys at the top but I think the guys at the top are so used to going out and playing a certain wayAlso ReadIN PHOTOS IPL 2024 LSG vs DC Will Delhi be able to Capitalise over GiantsI mean imagine trying to tell Jake FraserMcGurk to play a different way or tell Travis Head to be a little bit defensive thats just not going to happen he explainedIn the IPL 2024 the 200run mark has been attained 36 times compared to that of 37 in the previous season BCCI secretary Jay Shah said that the impact player rule can be reconsidered if the stakeholders would like it at the end of the IPL 2024Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting also opened up about the challenges of coaching a franchised team He said that it is more difficult than coaching a national teamI think it is a lot more difficult being a coach of a franchise team because the different nationalities involved a few Australian coaches couple of Australian players couple of South African players we have New Zealanders we have Nepalese part of our squad over the journey he saidAnd the hardest part of coaching with the franchise is only getting the players together for a few days before the first game of the season when you are trying to create culture around the team you havent got much time with the players Its really hard to do that it is also hard to make big skill changes in such a short period of time he listed the difficulties of the jobTalking about the evolution of the game in the last decade Ponting said the space for batters with classical technique is shrinkingLook at the way England are trying to play now they havent got it exactly right yetplayers have come through playing a lot of oneday or T20 cricket he saidthere still is room for purist batsmen in Test match cricket but thats going to be less and less he pointed outPonting said Indian superstar Virat Kohli and Englishman Joe Root are among the few top batters with a classical techniquein the last 10 years there is not a lot of classical technique in the modern day batters you look at the absolute best now Joe Root is probably the most classical oneStephen Smith what he has done over the years has been a little bit different Marnus Labuschagne has been a bit different with the way he plays Virat is classically technically very good as well but I think there is a bit of a shift he saidPravin Amre mentioned that his book highlights the importance of having a good mentor When I became the coach of the Mumbai Ranji trophy team for the first time in 200607 in the Ranji semifinal we were 0 for 5 the topfive had been dismissed for zero he recalledbut the whole team believed that they could come out of that and they did it As a coach I was very proud of that They went on to win that game and also the championship hence I chose that title for the bookWith PTI Inputs