The Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar and former Australia pacer Brett Lee on Tuesday discussed how ban of saliva will affect the game of cricket in the post-Covid-19 world. While Brett Lee said that “it will be really hard” for the current bowlers to stop using saliva on the ball, Sachin suggested that ICC can make a second new ball after 50 overs in a Test inning.

During a chat on his 100MB app, Sachin said, “It’s a tough call because it’s something which we have done during our entire life. From the age of 8-9, we were told to use saliva to shine the ball. So, all of a sudden to be told something different like you cannot do that, I think it will be very hard to stop and would be very hard to police.”

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On the other hand, Lee suggested, “If you don’t sweat, how do you shine the ball in the absence of saliva. I don’t think its fair for the bowlers and it’s a disadvantage for them. I think the ICC needs to look into that. They can assist the bowlers by giving them something they can apply to shine the ball, something which everyone agrees upon.”

International cricket is expected to resume with England hosting West Indies in a three-match Test series starting July. Sachin Tendulkar believes that in cold conditions when players don’t sweat much, it will become more difficult to shine the ball and would be more disadvantageous for the bowlers.

The legendary suggested, “Allocate a certain amount of wax per inning to be used by a team says X grams.”

Lee also said that if the players were already staying in a bio-secure bubble they could be tested before the match and if they turn negative, the game could be played as usual.

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Brett Lee elaborated, “Test the players say two hours prior to the game and then move with the usual things. If players are kept in a bubble, in a bio-secure environment where there are no chances of getting infected, why not go with the usual rules instead of coming with new rules?”