David Gower wants IPL to adopt The Hundred-like penalty for maintaining slow over rates

David Gower spoke about the benefits of having this rule in the Hundred and how it could impact the IPL.

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Former England batsman David Gower has opined that the Indian Premier League can take one rule from the Hundred which might be necessary for them. The former cricketer and now broadcaster feels that the rule of penalizing the bowling team for slow over rates can make a huge difference, as seen in the recently-concluded inaugural season of the Hundred. 

In the last few years, the IPL has been criticized by the masses for having lengthy matches. Originally, what was supposed to be a cricket ending in 3 hours, the matches in the IPL have finished sometimes close to four hours and at times well over it as well. The Hundred was in fact born because the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) wanted to sum up a format in three hours. 

They managed to succeed in doing so by two measures, one would be the obvious one of having 40 balls less than an average T20 game. Secondly, the rule of having a cut-off time for finishing each innings. There was a penalty of allowing one less fielder outside the circle if a team was not going by the over rate. This ensured that the matches finished somewhere between two and a half to three hours. 

You’ve got to fine the teams in a way that it works: David Gower

“If the IPL were to adopt that one idea from The Hundred, which is to penalize the fielding side if they’re too slow, with field placing, that would make a difference to any game. So maybe that’s one of the good ideas to come out of The Hundred,” Gower told Cricket.com. Gower further noted that putting fines as a penalty doesn’t help, given how lucrative IPL deals are. He said that it is essential to penalize the team in a way that actually makes them hurry up things. 

“I don’t get too upset by over rates. But it would be nice if people could stick to the over rates. There is no easy answer. They’ve tried fining people, but nowadays the odd bit of money disappearing doesn’t seem to make a jot of difference to players, who are already incredibly well paid. Maybe this point is valid. Maybe you’ve got to fine the teams in a way that it works,” Gower said.

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