Karthik backs Impact Player rule while Rahane calls for its removal

Dinesh Karthik wants the Impact Player rule to run until the end of the current cycle, saying it would be unfair to drop it earlier. He noted that teams built squads around the rule after the last mega auction, and removing it mid-cycle would create an imbalance. Karthik also pointed out that the regulation has reduced the need to groom all-rounders in India.

Ajinkya Rahane, however, wants the rule scrapped right away. The former India batter said most captains had already voiced their dislike for it at last year’s captains’ meeting. Rahane argued that the rule hurts all-rounder development and gives batting sides an extra batsman to bail them out of trouble, and he sees no real benefit in keeping it.