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Nepal penalised 5 runs for saliva use

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Kirtipur (Nepal), Nov 17: After the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to impose permanent ban on saliva use to polish the ball, the United Arab Emirates national team became the first casualties of the rule during a match against Nepal, resulting in five penalty runs given to the latter.
As per ESPNCricinfo, during the second ODI against Nepal, UAE’s Alishan Sharafu applied saliva to polish the ball. After his act was noticed, on-field umpires Vinay Kumar Jha and Masudur Rahman awarded Nepal five penalty runs in line with the new ruling that came into effect this September.
The ban on the use of saliva was in place for over two years as a precautionary measure due to COVID-19. But following the meeting of ICC Cricket Committee, this ban was made permanent in September.
“If the umpires spot someone applying saliva on the ball blatantly, there is no option but to award five penalty runs to the oppositions straight away,” a former ICC panel umpire confirmed.
“Earlier, when the rule was initially implemented after the pandemic, there was some leniency in the form of two warnings to the fielding team, since everyone was getting adjusted to the new ruling. We used to talk to the captain and give him a heads up simply because it was a new rule. Two years on, teams and players are used to it now,” the umpire added.
Nepal won by three wickets to level the series. (ANI)

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