MS Dhoni remains to be going robust and England spin nice Graeme Swann believes there is no such thing as a motive why the IPL 2023 needs to be the World Cup-winning captain’s swansong. It is broadly perceived that the continued IPL can be the final time Dhoni can be seen in motion. “Every time he goes into bat, he’s smashing sixes. Why this will be his ‘last year’ is beyond me. If he wants to keep on playing, he can do whatever he likes,” Graeme Swann, an IPL knowledgeable with Jio Cinema, mentioned.
“In my books, he is brilliant with the gloves, brilliant with the bat and his captaincy is still the best in the IPL. I don’t think it’s his last year, I think he’s too big to go.”
Asked about Kolkata Knight Riders spinner Sunil Narine’s listless present this season, Swann mentioned he is simply having confidence points and the Trinidadian shouldn’t be ‘written off’. “I just think he’s bowling without the confidence in himself. Sometimes you get that little bit of luck when a bad ball gets a wicket, and it feels right again,” he mentioned.
“I’m not writing him off. I will still pick him in my team. When you have (Varun) Chakravarthy and Suyash (Sharma) bowling so well, they can hide him (Narine) a little bit,” Swann added.
The introduction of the ‘Impact Player’ rule has seen the IPL publish a report variety of 200-plus totals and Swann believes it needs to be applied on the International stage, particularly within the ODI format, which many imagine is dying.
The Impact Player rule, which first got here into play within the Indian home cricket, permits groups to interchange anyone member of their enjoying XI in the course of the match. “I see it as a success and it should come into international cricket, especially in 50-over format because that needs something to liven it up,” Swann mentioned.
“It’s nowhere near to T20s anymore. I think it works. There should not be just one player to pick from there should be like a bench like in football you have five subs and at any point of time you can just get one in. I would not have any issue with that ever,” he mentioned.
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