The Indian wrist-spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal doesn’t seem happy about International Cricket Council (ICC) ban on saliva, saying the temporary measure can be a huge disadvantage for the bowlers. Speaking at Salaam Cricket 2020, Chahal said spinners will also be affected by saliva ban as it will be difficult for them to drift the ball in the middle overs.

Speaking to India Today, Chahal said, “Bowlers will be at a disadvantage because we get a drift in the middle overs that we get by shining the ball using our saliva. If we don’t get that then it will be a problem. As a spinner if we don’t get a drift we won’t be as effective. We need a solution to this problem. For spinners and pacers it is very important.”

Kuldeep Yadav said the ban on saliva will be difficult to manage in red-ball cricket and the game will become a batsman’s all the way.

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The chinaman explained, “It will be very challenging because we have been used to it since childhood. The ball won’t drift at all, beating the batsman in the air won’t be possible. White-ball cricket is still okay but it will be very difficult in red-ball cricket. If we don’t get to shine the ball then it will be the batsman’s game all the way.”

Currently, India is going through a nationwide lockdown. Meanwhile, the number of coronavirus positive patients in India went past 309000 with almost 8900 people losing their lives on Wednesday, as per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

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Almost the entire is in a lockdown due to the scare of the ever-escalating situation concerning the World Health Organisation-recognized pandemic that is the Coronavirus. Everything- schools, colleges, airports, railway stations, gyms, sporting events, movies, offices- have been put under lockdown as the world continues to self-isolate in order to control the pandemic.