Ex-SRH Coach Requests BCCI to make One change to Uncapped Player Rule- Refers importance of Dhoni for CSK

Former Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) coach Tom Moody respected the decision of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to allow former cricketers like MS Dhoni to play as uncapped player. The uncapped player rule being enacted again will allow Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to retain captain Dhoni for Rs. 4 crore.

While a majority of people have said that this is done to favour CSK and Dhoni, former Australian cricketer Tom has stated that there is no issue with this move at all.

“I think it’s a great rule. I think it allows, if you are good enough and you have got longevity, it allows a player to continue to play on the big stage and perform and have some sort of role; without them, I suppose, you are making it difficult, from a price perspective, to retain those players because they might be the identity, or in Dhoni’s case, certainly he is the identity of CSK. So, I don’t think that’s an issue at all. I think the longer the likes of iconic players like Dhoni can play in the IPL and can physically deliver like he has been, it’s good for the tournament,” Moody told ESPNCricinfo.

Though Moody has praised this rule to be enacted, he has also suggested a small change to be taken in the rule, which will allow more former cricketers to be retained as uncapped players. He wants the time period of five years to be reduced to a window of three years.

“I personally think five years is a long time; I would like to see it as a three-year window. Once a player has played his last international game, I think if you are out of international cricket or you haven’t been considered to play for India over that three-year window, you should be given the right of passage to be able to come in at that four-crow level,” he said.

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