The outbreak of the Corona Virus has brought the world to a standstill. It has also halted all the sporting events to avoid the mass gathering of crowds. The cricketing calendar has suffered because of the same. Former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir feels shares his opinion on changes in cricket regulations in a post-COVID-19 World.

The cricketer-turned-politician feels there won’t be major changes in cricket due to the Corona Virus Pandemic.  Gambhir added how the major change that can be expected will be the use of saliva to shine the ball. Speaking on Star Sports show ‘Cricket Connected’, Gambhir said, “I don’t think a lot of rules and regulations will be changed, you can probably have an alternate for the usage of saliva- apart from that I don’t think so many changes will happen.”

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“Players and everyone else need to live with this virus; probably they have to get used to it that there is a virus and that it will be around. Players might end up catching it, and you got to live with it,” Gambhir added.

The left-hander also spoke on the application of social distancing norms in contact sports. Gambhir shared how it will be easy to maintain social distancing while playing a non-contact sport like cricket. However, he also questioned the application of those norms in contact sports like football and hockey.

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“Social distancing and other rules may not be easy for any sport to maintain. You can still manage to do it with cricket, but how will you do it in football, hockey, and other sports as well. So, I think you just have to live with it, probably the sooner you accept it, the better it is,” Gambhir said.