Indian team's leading fast bowler mohammed shami recently made a request to the international cricket Council. It has received support from other leading bowlers in the world, tim southee and Vernon Philander. What is Shami's request? Will there be a change in the bowling rules? Let's see. During the Corona period in 2020, the international cricket Council implemented some rules in cricket. One of them was that saliva should not be used on the cricket ball. That rule was implemented at that time because there was a possibility of spreading the coronavirus infection through it.
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Why do cricket bowlers use saliva on the ball? When the ball gets old, cricketers rub it with saliva to remove the shine on one side. When you keep rubbing only one side, the shine on that side decreases. Due to this, the ball reverseswings after a certain number of overs. However, since the ban was implemented in 2020, fast bowlers have not been able to reverse swing the ball. mohammed shami in particular is the world's leading reverse swing bowler. He has been affected the most by this rule.It was in this context that mohammed shami made a request in this regard when he met the press ahead of the 2025 Champions Trophy final. The international cricket Council has said that saliva should be allowed on the ball to facilitate reverse swing. Now tim southee has supported it. He has also said that this rule should be removed. Even after his recent retirement from cricket, he has now spoken out in support of fast bowlers. "300 runs are being scored easily in one-day matches now. So if bowlers want balance, they should be allowed to use saliva. It will be in the bowlers' favor to a small extent," he pointed out. South African fast bowler Vernon Philander said, "I think the permission to use saliva on the ball is needed now. It is necessary because the batsmen are dominating more and more." He has said so.
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