At least in the Indian Premier League, you can shine again. All ten captains decided during Thursday’s IPL 2025 captains’ meeting at the BCCI headquarters that the ban on using saliva to shine the ball can be repealed in order to partially counteract the bat-ball imbalance brought on by the Impact Player rule, which has significantly increased par scores.
One side of the leather ball is polished by fast bowlers using saliva, leaving the other side rough. The ball swings toward the glossy side as it ages and starts to reverse, which makes it difficult for the hitter to hit. Bowlers were shining the ball with sweat in the absence of saliva, but it was obviously insufficient. There are cricket players who perspire more than others. Players don’t perspire in some weather situations. It was considered that the bowlers needed to be given more authority because the Impact player rule allowed the batters to attack more because of deeper batting lineups.
Saliva Ban During Pandemic
During the COVID-19 epidemic in May 2020, the saliva ban was implemented. The prohibition was deemed “appropriate” and declared permanent in September 2022. There has been an afterthought, despite the belief at the time that bowlers had grown accustomed to life without the ancient tradition of utilizing saliva, which was considered unsanitary.
Mohammed Shami, an Indian fast bowler, also encouraged the ICC to reinstate the use of saliva during the Champions Trophy. We’re attempting to swing back, but you’re not including saliva into the game. “It will be interesting with the reverse swing,” Shami told reporters in Dubai. He added that “we are always pleading for the usage of saliva to be permitted.”
2 New Balls Introduced In IPL 2025
The apex cricket board of India has further helped the bowlers to balance the game for the upcoming season. The BCCI has introduced a new rule for the upcoming season. It is allowing teams to use 2 balls in the 2nd innings.
The rule has been brought to tackle the dew issue as teams batting second. They had a slight advantage and the new rule would eliminate that to have a fair playing field. However, there is a stipulation that the bowling team in the 2nd innings would be allowed to take the new ball only from the 11th over of the match. `However, there are additional restrictions. Such as the rule is unlikely to apply to afternoon matches and the umpire would determine whether there is enough dew to introduce a second ball.
No Banning of Captains With Slow Over-Rates
In a key decision, the BCCI has decided to scrap the ban on IPL captains. Banning for over-rate rate and have rather created a demerit-point system to manage the issue. If a player is found guilty of a Level 1 infraction, he will be assessed 25 to 75 per cent match fees. If a Level 2 offense is judged to be particularly significant, four demerit points will be awarded. Over the following three years, the demerit points will be determined.
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