Indian cricket board sanctions two bouncers per over for IPL 2024

The Indian Cricket Board has recently released a new rule for the upcoming season of the IPL 2024 as they introduce two bouncers per over in the tournament. A set of multiple new rules were introduced in the previous season of the IPL as the most controversial rule of impact player was introduced, along with taking a review for a no ball or wide. 

Indian cricketer Jaydev Unadkat recently discussed how this rule can be beneficial for the bowlers, along with the Option to review for white or no ball. He discussed how slow bouncers can give the bowlers an edge over the batsmen who look forward to scoring as many runs as possible in the powerplay and the death overs. 

Jaydev Unadkat on the IPL introducing 2 bouncers per overrule 

Jaydev Unadkat talked about how this rule can impact the gain, especially during the powerplay and the death overs and said, “I do feel two bouncers an over is very much useful, and I feel it’s one of those things which gives the bowler an added advantage over batsmen. Because, for example, if I bowl a slower bouncer… the batsman in the previous case is sure that there’s no more bouncer coming. In this case, even if you bowl one slower bouncer in the first half of the over, you can still use one more [in the over].” 

“Someone who is weak against bouncers will have to be better at it and then it will give the bowler one more weapon in their armoury. So, I feel it’s a very small change with a huge impact and as a bowler I feel it’s very important to have that rule”, he added. 

Unadkat further discussed that fast bowlers will have more options to try and plan against the batters in at the death overs and said, “Also in the death overs, you have one more option. So, it was becoming more of yorker-oriented [bowling] in death overs for fast bowlers. Not it can be yorker, slower ball and bouncers because of two bouncers an over. Even if you don’t bowl the second bouncer, the batsman still has that expectation that the bowler might bowl the second bouncer.”