Former India Captain
Rahul Dravid believes that New rules will make World Cup challenging for the captains. Next month cricket World Cup will be an aggressive
affair.
Dravid told that new rules, which mandate five fielders inside the 30-yard circle
at all times in an innings, will have a huge impact on how the teams work out
their strategies at the show piece event starting February 14.
"With the two
new balls, the fast bowlers will get that level of assistance up front. The
grounds are bigger so it won't be that easy to clear the ropes. I think it will
be a challenge for the captains. For example, when you have five fielders in
the ring, it's very hard to play a part-time bowler," Dravid said.
"You are almost
being forced to play five specialist bowlers. That is a real positive. You are
going to be forced to attack and look for wickets rather than see part-timers
bowl for a large period of play," he said.
Only two fielders are
allowed outside the circle for the first 10 overs. Just three fielders are
mandated to be outside the circle during the five Powerplay overs to be taken
by the batting team before the 40th over.
Dravid said spinners
will have a huge role to play in the tournament despite Australia and New
Zealand's reputation of having seamer-friendly tracks.
"It's a long
tournament, it's in their summer, the nature of the wickets might change, you
are just going to have to be smart enough and hopefully have the balance to
play different conditions and different kinds of attacks."
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