The International Cricket Council (ICC) has completely banned the use of saliva or spit on the ball, but a UAE cricketer used saliva to shine the ball. Due to this, the UAE team also had to face punishment in the middle of the match. The Nepal team got 5 penalty runs for applying saliva on the ball by the player.
Nepal Gets Five Penalty Runs
According to the report of Cricinfo, in the second ODI between UAE and Nepal, UAE bowler Alishan Sharfu used saliva to shine the ball. On-field umpires Vinay Kumar Jha and Masudur Rahman caught the act. Due to this, Nepal’s team got 5 penalty runs as extra. This rule has been in force since September.
Applying saliva on the ball was banned due to the Coronavirus epidemic, which remained in force for two years, and now the ICC has banned it permanently. These ongoing matches between the two teams have got ODI status. In such a situation, this rule of ICC automatically applies. This match was played on Wednesday, 16th November, and which Nepal team won by 3 wickets.
Talking about this match, the UAE team decided to bat after winning the toss. However, the team could score only 191 runs in 43.2 overs, losing 10 wickets. Muhammad Wasim scored 50 runs for UAE. At the same time, Nepal achieved this target in 47.5 overs, but the team’s 7 wickets had fallen. The series is now tied at 1-1.
