IPL 2024

IPL 2024: Dream Team of the Tournament: Building the Ultimate IPL XI

Impact Player

Impact player has been an interesting rule in the league. Teams have made use of the rule in different ways. Some of the teams have used bowlers to make an impact after batting first. On the other hand, the bowling sides might make use of a batting impact player to finish the games in case wickets fall at constant junctures. Either way, the players in the role are highly relevant. Considering the team to be batting first and having enough depth in batting, the need for a bowling impact player makes sense.

Akash Madhwal will be the impact player on the side. The uncapped pacer was one of the best death bowlers in the IPL 2023. The MI pacer impressed everyone with his ability to nail the Yorkers in the IPL 2023. He did that without Bumrah’s support from the other end. Imagine what would happen while bowling alongside the best death bowler in the world. It forms a deadly pair at the back end of the game, against whom scoring runs would be very difficult.