God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar has demanded the removal of the Impact Player rule before the final of IPL 2026. Along with this, Sachin Tendulkar has given many other suggestions regarding IPL, which are in discussion. Sachin says that any one bowler should be allowed to bowl five overs.

Sachin Tendulkar demanded to end impact player

Former batsman Sachin Tendulkar said at the ESPNcricinfo awards ceremony, “My personal opinion is that the ‘impact player’ rule should be abolished. I feel that in the T20 format you have to play only 20 overs. Then you add another batsman to the line-up, where the bowlers are already facing challenges, there I see an imbalance.”

In the last few seasons in the IPL, the scale of play has tilted largely in favor of the batsmen and Tendulkar believes that this rule has worsened the already existing disparity between bat and ball. This rule has also been criticized by many prominent players, including Indian captain Shubman Gill and former captain Rohit Sharma. He argues that this rule eliminates skills from the game and reduces the importance of the all-rounder.

Two over powerplay for bowlers

Sachin Tendulkar advocated the introduction of bowling powerplay along with the existing batting powerplay. He said, “Powerplay is applicable in the first six overs in which only two fielders remain outside the 30-yard circle. I believe that the first four overs should be powerplay for the batsmen, with the same fielding restrictions applied in them. After this, the remaining two overs of powerplay can be taken by the fielding captain as per his wish. In these two consecutive overs, an additional fielder can be deployed outside the ring at any stage of the game.”

A bowler bowls 5 overs – Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin also proposed to increase the bowling quota of a bowler from four overs to five. He said, “A bowler should be allowed to bowl five overs, because usually the best bowler in the team will bowl the fifth over. Wouldn’t you want the best bowler to bowl more. Top batsmen sometimes bat for 20 overs, so why shouldn’t the best bowler bowl five overs.”

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Top Impact Player Performances in IPL 2026: Cricket is no longer just a game of ball and bat. The Impact Player Rule of IPL has given a new dimension to the game of cricket. Top cricketers like Shubman Gill and Akshar Patel have opposed the impact player rule, but this rule is proving to be game changing in IPL 2026. There are many players including Sameer Rizvi, who changed the course of the competition by coming as an impact player in the IPL 2026 matches.

Sameer Rizvi

Sameer Rizvi of Delhi Capitals has scored 160 runs in 2 matches. In the matches against Lucknow Super Giants and then Mumbai Indians, he changed the whole game by coming as an impact player. Delhi was chasing the target of 142 runs against Lucknow Super Giants and had lost 4 wickets at the score of 26, when Sameer gave victory to Delhi by scoring 70 runs in 47 balls. When Delhi was chasing the target of 163 runs against Mumbai, then Delhi lost two wickets at the score of 7. Even then Rizvi had scored 90 runs in 51 balls.

Ravi Bishnoi

Rajasthan Royals had set a target of 211 runs for Gujarat Titans. At one time Gujarat had scored 107 runs at the loss of only one wicket in the 11th over. GT was heading towards an easy win, but then Ravi Bishnoi, who came as an impact player, dismissed Sai Sudarshan on the score of 73. In his very next over, he closed all the doors of Gujarat’s comeback by dismissing Glenn Phillips and Washington Sundar. Bishnoi had taken 4 wickets in that match.

Devdutt Padikkal

In the first match of IPL 2026, Sunrisers Hyderabad had scored 201 runs. RCB, who came to chase the huge target, lost the wicket of Phil Salt on the score of just 9. Devdutt Padikkal may not have played in very difficult circumstances but his innings of 61 runs in 26 balls was definitely impactful. He scored 61 runs in 26 balls and made a partnership of 101 runs with Virat Kohli to bring RCB to the threshold of victory.

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Hardik Pandya on Impact Player Rule: IPL’s Impact Player Rules have come into the discussion before the start of the new season. Last season, many veterans, including Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, raised a vocal voice about this rule. Now the reaction of star all -rounder and Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya has come on this rule.

Mumbai captain Hardik Pandya said on Wednesday that now that the impact player rule has been extended for three years, a cricketer should be a pure all -rounder to get a place in the initial playing XI. In this rule, a team is allowed to change one of the players from their playing XI in the post -match stage. The teams bring batting or bowling experts as per the demand for the situation.

The BCCI has extended this rule to at least 2027 phases despite the objections of some main Indian players including Rohit Sharma. Rohit had said that the strategy of ‘Impact Player’ is stopping the development of Indian all -rounders and teams include an additional batsman or bowler in their place during the game.

Hardik Pandya said in a press conference before the inauguration of IPL 2025, “If you are not completely 50-50 all-rounders in the current scenario then it becomes difficult to get your place.” Let’s see that this rule can change or change later. But yes, certainly if you want to encourage more all -rounders, then they will need a certain place in the team.

Pandya is suspended for a match due to a slow over speed violation last year, so that he will not be able to play in the match against Chennai Super Kings of Mumbai Indians on Sunday. Suryakumar Yadav will lead the team in this match.