IPL talking points: India's T20 World Cup dilemma, impact player woes and uncapped stars

With the Indian Premier League past the halfway mark, we take a look at the main talking points over the coming days.

When the impact player rule was introduced in the IPL last year, the idea was to provide teams an additional resource during the match.

However, what we have now is teams lengthening their batting line-up and the role of the all-rounder diminished significantly.

It is no coincidence that it is only in this IPL that teams are threatening to go past the 300-run mark. Since the top order batsmen know they will have an additional batsman in the XI in case things go awry, they have the licence to attack from the first ball.

Also, there is hardly any need for batsmen to bowl a few overs, or bowlers to work on their batting, unless you are an established and world-class all-rounder. The players are not happy, most notably India captain Rohit Sharma.

Gilly asks Rohit Sharma about his thoughts