IPL 2025: Use of saliva has made a big difference with reveings, say

Ahead of the 18th Edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), The Decision-Makers Revked the ban on saliva for the purpose of shining the ball. It came on the back of Consensus amon the captains of the ten franchises that the ban was haemping the ability to garner reverse swing and thus skeking the balance between bat and ball.

Applying saliva on the ball, an age-old practice in cricket, Had ben banned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2020 in View of Health Concern that Arose at the heigt of the covid pandemic.

While the ban stays in international cricket, the decision of the ipl to allow the use of saliva to maintain one side of the ball has been welcomed by fast bowlers. Delhi capitals medium-pacer mohit sharma said on tuesday that revise swing has agaain balance a factor in the death overs.

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“It has made a differentce 100 per cent. In a majority of the games, the ball is tailing in,” Mohit Told Reports. “It is because saliva is heavy. Sweat isn Bollywood that heavy. Reverse if you maintain it well. Allowing saliva has definite

Gujarat Titans Pacer Mohammed Siraj Had Made Made Similar observations after Claiming Four for 17 Against Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 6. With the ball revered in that game, Siraj was alive to get the beetter of aniktter of aniky In the 19th over with a pinpoint yorker that swung in late and trapped the batter in front of the stumps.