Venkatesh Iyer on not bowling in the IPL and the Impact Rule’s effect on all-rounders

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00:00With the coming of the impact player rule in the IPL, the scope for batters who can bowl a bit

00:04has gone down substantially. We haven't seen you bowling in the last three IPL seasons.

00:10Do you look at yourself as a batting all-rounder or a pure batter?

00:13No, obviously I'm an all-rounder, you know. Unfortunately, with the coming of the impact

00:20player rule in the IPL, the scope for batters who can bowl a bit has gone down substantially.

00:24So, you don't see even Nitesh Reddy or Shivam Dubey or me Ramandeep bowling a lot

00:34because teams have the advantage of getting a sixth bowler in.

00:37Especially in our team where despite getting a sixth bowler, we have Andre Russell as well

00:42who's a proper all-rounder. So, you know, in their presence, it gets really tough for a captain

00:49to, you know, give me an over. But yeah, it does give me the opportunity to fine-tune my skills

00:56so that I can be better as a bowler and then they can consider me.