In Tuesday’s Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders, Robin Uthappa was noticed making use of saliva on the ball whereas fielding within the third over. As a precautionary measure in opposition to coronavirus, the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) has banned utilizing saliva to shine the cricket ball. Nevertheless, the gamers are allowed to make use of sweat as a substitute for shine the ball. The incident passed off within the third over when Uthappa dropped a straightforward catch after opening batsman Sunil Narine performed a lofted shot in an try and clear the in-field.
A crew could be issued as much as two warnings per innings however repeated use of saliva on the ball will end in a 5-run penalty to the batting aspect, in line with the ICC.
After being requested to bat first, KKR made 174 runs on the again of Eoin Morgan’s properly made 34 from 23 balls. Within the remaining over, Tom Curran gave away 16 runs and enabled KKR to get previous the 170 run mark.
In the meantime, the Royals began the chase on the mistaken foot as they misplaced skipper, Steve Smith, within the second over itself.
Even Sanju Samson and Jos Buttler didn’t take the assault to the opposition because the batsmen regarded to hurry issues relatively than maintain finally ends up and take the chase deep down.
Ultimately, Royals had been restricted to 137/9 giving KKR a 37-run victory.
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