'Make Batsman retrieve ball if hit for six': Chahal adds 'balance' to saliva-shine debate

Team India's leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal opined that t using saliva on ball could adversely affect bowlers and could potentially make it a batsman's game. coronavirus pandemic has put global sport on hold and during this time, medical professionals have been working out possibilities of a safe return for cricket. Multiple reports had emerged in past that medical professionals were urging cricket boards to t allow bowlers to use saliva to shine ball as it may spread coronavirus. w, re are significant new updates that may change history of sport. 

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'Create ar rule'

Yuzvendra Chahal, according to an online portal, claimed that n-use of saliva on ball would impact drift and swing of delivery, hence making it easier for batsman. Chahal jokingly added that if this rule was to be enforced, n ar rule has to be brought in where batsman would retrieve he ball by himself after hitting it for a six. Cricket bowlers, especially in Test cricket, depend heavily on using ir saliva for shining ball through its 80-over life span. This shine allows bowlers to get lateral movement in air and swing ball. However, it was being reported that medical professionals were t too happy about se practices and have urged cricket boards to strictly stay away from m.

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Indian cricketers opine on saliva-shine debate

Saliva and sweat are components that cant be entirely done away with, insist a few distinguished India cricketers, as ICC contemplates legalising ball-tampering post-COVID-19 by using artificial substances to prevent virus spread. Former India pacer Ashish Nehra and spinner Harbhajan Singh feel that saliva's use in shining ball is a "must". Ex-opener Aakash Chopra, while beng open to idea, wants to kw where one can draw line. While discussions are at nascent st, questions are already being asked about what external substances could be used if ball-tampering becomes legal? 

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Former opener Chopra said that unless ICC comes up with something concrete as to what are external elements that can be used "it's all conjecture". "I always felt that allowing mint shouldn't be a problem. But w y have gone to extent that y don't want to allow mint. But w if you change rule, ok let's allow m to use fingernails, vaseline, w where does it stop God kws," said Chopra, who is also a respected analyst. "Spinners won't mind as y do get a bit of drift if ball is kept shiny from one side. So y won't actually mind as long as you are t landing shiny surface of ball," Chopra said. 

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