BREAKING: Ban lifted, this IPL bowlers can use saliva to shine ball | Ipl News

Bowlers can use saliva to shine the ball at this season’s Indian Premier League (IPL). The BCCI lifted the Covid-19 pandemic time ban that ICC came up with after the meeting of IPL captains in Mumbai on Thursday.
“The captains were asked for suggestions and the lifting of the saliva ban was one among them. There was no opposition and it was unanimously agreed to do away with it. This was the BCCI’s domestic tournament and so we are not bound ICC’s guidelines here,” a BCCI official informed. The Indian board is going to make an official announcement soon and also inform the stakeholders..
Earlier this month Indian pacer Mohammad Shami had appealed to the ICC to lift the ban. Since 2011, two balls have been used per innings in ODIs. This means that balls are not as scuffed up as they used to be. Add to this the prohibition on using saliva, generating reverse swing has gotten much more difficult. “We are trying to reverse, but you are not getting the use of saliva into the game,” Shami told reporters in Dubai.
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Swing refers to the lateral movement of a cricket ball in the air, before it lands on the pitch. It is essentially a product of an air pressure differential on either side of the ball.
A thin layer of air forms along the ball’s surface after it is released the bowler. But the so-called “boundary layer” must separate from the surface at some point. Where this separation occurs on either side of the ball determines the air pressure on that side.