On Wednesday, the Indian fast bowler, Deepak Chahar have an opinion that the temporary prohibition of the use of saliva to shine the ball will not affect T20 cricket much. However, on Tuesday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) officially accepted the interim recommendations of its Cricket Committee one of which included the ban on the use of saliva.

While veteran cricketers and bowlers around the world have accepted the ban while calling for an alternative to saliva in a bid to maintain an equal contest between bat and ball, Chahar, who has played three ODIs and 10 T20Is for India, said the issue won’t have much of an impact in white-ball cricket.

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Talking about the saliva ban during Star Sports show ‘Cricket Connected’, Deepak Chahar explained, “I don’t think it will impact us so much because the white ball only swings for 2 overs. If we talk about the T20 format, the wicket is good for only 2-3 overs and the ball swings for 3 overs, so it reduces the need to shine the ball.”

According to the latest ICC regulations, players will not be allowed to use saliva to shine the ball in a bid to contain the spread of the virus with each team being issued two warnings per innings. However, repeated use of saliva will result in a five-run penalty.

ICC statement regarding the same, ICC said, “If a player does apply saliva to the ball, the umpires will manage the situation with some leniency during an initial period of adjustment for the players, but subsequent instances will result in the team receiving a warning. Whenever saliva is applied to the ball, the umpires will be instructed to clean the ball before play recommences.”

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Providing teams with a major relief the CEC also confirmed an “additional unsuccessful DRS review” for each team in each innings of a match across all three formats. This decision was taken considering the fact that home umpires are less experienced as compared to the ICC’s elite panel umpires.