RAJASTHAN ROYALS named only three foreign players in their starting XI against DELHI CAPITALS, here's the three players JOS BUTTLER, SHIMRON HETMYER and TRENT BOULT were in the starting XI.
That day did not go well for DELHI CAPITALS. They lost by 12 runs to Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur. In this day's match, Delhi's captain RISHABH PANT won the toss and sent RAJASTHAN to bat first. He thought he would take advantage of batting later. Because the spinners face difficulties when bowling later in Jaipur ground due to dew. But that was not the case on Thursday. Batting first, Rajasthan scored 185 runs. In reply, Delhi's innings ended with 173 runs. During the match, Delhi coach Ricky Ponting and Director of Cricket Sourav Ganguly were seen warming up. They also accused RAJASTHAN of playing five foreign cricketers.
RAJASTHAN names only three foreign players in their starting XI against Delhi, JOS BUTTER, SHIMRON HETMYER and TRENT BOULT. Two other foreigners, NANDRE BERGER and ROMAN POWELL, were included in the list of five replacements. According to IPL rules, a team can field a total of four foreigners, including 'impact players'. With three foreigners in the starting XI, Rajasthan had an opportunity to play one more foreigner as an 'impact player'. Powell entered the field as a substitute fielder during Delhi's batting. NANDRE was fielded as an 'Impact Player' instead of HETMYER. PONTING and SOURAV warmed up after that. They complained to the umpire that five foreigners were playing RAJASTHAN in violation of the rules.
The umpire in charge of the match then explained to them that RAJASTHAN had not broken any rules. With three foreigners in their starting XI, NANDRE has been fielded as an 'impact player' rather than another foreign player. On the other hand, Powell is just fielding as a substitute player. In other words, a total of four foreigners from Rajasthan are present in the field at that moment. Which is within the rules.
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