IPL 2025: BCCI lifts saliva ban after captains approve
Representational image of an IPL player tossing the ball during net practice
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The BCCI on Thursday (March 20, 2025) lifted the ban on use of saliva on the ball in the upcoming Indian Premier League after majority of captains agreed to its proposal. The decision was taken at the captains' meeting in Mumbai.IPL 2025 schedule: Full list of match dates, timing and venue "The saliva ban has been lifted. Majority of captains were in favour of the move," a top BCCI official told PTI. The International Cricket Council (ICC) had banned the age-old practice of applying saliva to shine the ball as a precautionary measure during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the world body made the ban perma...