Former Australian player's big statement, said - 'If batsmen play' switch hit 'then umpire should give dead ball'

Former Australian cricketer Ian Chappell has been in the news for the last few days for his remarks on the switch-hit. Glenn Maxwell had scored a lot of runs during the ODI series against India playing switch hit shots. Chappell had also suggested at the time that shots that give an unfair advantage to batsmen should be banned.

To avoid this unfair advantage, the chapel has also made another suggestion. Chappell has said that if the batsman tries to play such a shot, then the on-field official should be declared dead ball immediately. According to Ian Chappell, if this happens then the players will obviously stop playing it. He has also felt that the field placement of a bowler becomes dishonest in such a situation.

Ian Chappell said, 'In the case of a switch hit, a major objective in the batsman's mind is to make the bowler redundant. The bowler sets the field only in consultation with his captain and keeping in mind the style of the batsman. Then how can it be justified that the batsman becomes the opposite player in front of the bowler, in such a situation, the bowler has no option to change on the field.

Chappell further noted that, 'this is clearly a major benefit for a highly efficient switch-hitter.' Now it is going to be interesting to see how the officials react to this comment of the chapel. At the moment, there is little chance that Switchhit should be banned.