Former Indian cricketer and now a commentator, Aakash Chopra has shown delight after International Cricket Council (ICC) brought in a new rule in T20I cricket against the slow over-rate.
Slow over-rate has been a major problem in T20I cricket and has been a big headache for the the game main body as well as the other governing body who organises their domestic T20I league.
Over the last couple of the years, it has been a big talking point in cricket, as T20I matches are a 3 hours match and normally takes around 4 to four and half hours to complete the match, and given that most of the T20 matches place at night time, it gets really late in the night till the match finish.
ICC‘s new rule is a in-match penalty rule. The rules states that the bowling team must be able to bowl the first ball of the last over in the stipulated scheduled or rescheduled time. If the bowling team fails to do so, the team will have to have a extra fielder inside the 30-yard circle for every over they bowl after the time.
What Aakash Chopra had to say ?
Many a experts had their say on the new rule, including the former cricketer and commentator Aakash Chopra. Chopra reacted on the new rule in a video uploaded on his YouTube channel.
Chopra said that there cannot be more dangerous penalty than this and all other penalties are useless, whether it is banning the captain or a financial fine.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) brought two new rule changes for International T20 cricket. What are my thoughts on this?
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) January 8, 2022
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The new rule will come into effect with the upcoming one-off T20I match between West Indies and Ireland when the latter will visit the Caribbean for 3 ODIs and 1 T20I, that is scheduled for the 17th of January midnight in India.
Aakash Chopra also added that the rule must be implemented in the IPL as well. Other than that, he also suggested another rule. He stated that there should be a runs penalty rule. He explained that for all the overs you bowl after the stipulated time, you double run rate and give runs penalty.
