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Ben Stokes coincidentally applies salivation on ball, umpire left him with a warning
Britain all-rounder Ben Stokes inadvertently applied salivation ready in the first day of the season of the progressing day-night third Test against India in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. The episode occurred in the last meeting of the day, and consequently the ball was santised.
According to the new standards set somewhere around the International Cricket Council (ICC), the utilization of spit to sparkle the ball was prohibited in June a year ago considering the Covid pandemic. The ICC's Covid-19 guidelines expresses that a group can be cautioned twice for utilizing spit per innings, and further utilization of it will bring about a 5-run punishment to the batting side. At whatever point spit is applied to the ball, the umpires need to clean it before play resumes.
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