Sunrisers Hyderabad’s (SRH’s) spin-bowling coach Muttiah Muralitharan on April 27 said that the impact sub rule has been more advantageous for the batters than the bowlers.
“This (impact sub rule) gives us extra 20-30 runs. People have gotten used to how to use it. So, there’s an extra man for you when you are bowling or batting.
“Especially for the batter, it’s more advantageous than the bowler. Because, you are not afraid of putting up a score. It’s like, ‘If I get out, there is a man behind me to cover me.’ So, there’s an extra man there, and they go play freely. When you play with the mind of a cricket player, if you put pressure to yourself, you freeze up and you don’t play; if you are free, then automatically out of 10 times, 7 times it comes off. So, that’s the game every batter is doing at the moment. They are not scared of getting out,” he said here on the eve of his team’s clash versus Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
