Watch: Sachin Tendulkar’s incredible video clip of remembering each of his dismissal in International cricket is trending on internet

The Apex Cricket Council should rethink its decision to ban saliva from being used to shine the ball, according to former Indian batter Sachin Tendulkar. The decision was made back in 2020 after the Covid-19 pandemic, which seized the country starting in March and caused a number of lockdowns and tensions.

The Cricket Governing Body also created a regulation that indicated that using saliva on the ball would result in five runs being awarded to the other team. When Alishan Shafaru of the UAE used saliva to shine the ball on November 22, Nepal was assessed five penalty runs.

However, the 49-year-old who said goodbye to International Cricket asserted that “saliva on the ball should be back”. “I am not a medical expert, but saliva on the ball should be back. It has happened for over 100 years and nothing drastic has happened. Yes, the decision was rightly taken in 2020, but that is now behind us. Now, it is something that should be considered,” Tendulkar was quoted as saying in the 20th edition of the India Today Conclave.

Watch it here:

This is just incredible – Sachin Tendulkar remembers each of his dismissals.

Master Blaster! pic.twitter.com/4qElYX3ads

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Shorter format cricket is mainly batter oriented: Sachin Tendulkar

Tendulkar is the only batter in history to have scored 100 century in international cricket. He discussed the differences between using sweat and saliva to shine the cricket ball.

“If you think that is unhygienic, I have seen guys putting the ball under their armpit. Saliva is important when the ball is new. The texture of saliva is slightly different to your sweat. You make one side heavy and keep the other side light… we don’t touch the other side of the ball light. The imbalance of the weight helps you swing the ball,” the former Mumbai franchise skipper stated.

Sachin Tendulkar also discussed the ongoing discussion over cricket pitches. Tendulkar contends that the standard of Test cricket being played, not the number of days it takes to complete a match, is what matters most.

“Shorter format cricket is mainly batter oriented. The end result is that the game of cricket is not that interesting. If we want to catch the attention of the people, especially the younger generation, we want the game to be interesting enough. We need something for the bowlers to make the game more interesting. We should not be overthinking about the number of days in a test match but the game played should be interesting,”the right-hand opener concluded.