Tendulkar suggests a new-ball after every 50-55 overs in corona period Test
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Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has suggested that it should be approved the second new ball after every 50-55 overs in Test amid the ban on the use of saliva due to the fear of the contagion of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In an interaction with former Australian star pacer Brett Lee on social media platform 100 MB, Tendulkar spoke about the challenges of using only sweat and the necessity of using saliva to shine the ball.
“In Test cricket, suddenly if the surfaces are not good, the standard of playing I feel drops down. And above all the game slows down because, the batters knows that if I don’t play a stupid shot here, no one can get me out and the bowler knows, on this surface I have to be patient,” said Sachin Tendulkar, who played the highest number of 463 ODIs from where he scored the record number of 18,426 runs with 49 centuries- the highest individual 200* couple with 15921 runs from 200 Tests with 51 centuries-the highest of 248*.
“But why not then to get the game moving, have a new ball after every 45-50 or 55 overs because in ODI cricket we have to play only 50 overs, and you have two new balls there, so literally 25 overs, so that’s it,” Tendulkar said in that social media platform.
The master blaster compared his proposal to day-night ODI cricket.
“So here in Test cricket, if you are not going to allow saliva, and sometimes you won’t sweat as much depending on the climate where you are playing, it could be a lot like day/night one-dayers,” the maestro said.
“In ODI cricket, bowling when conditions are dry in day/night matches and bowling second when there is a lot of dew on the ground, so on paper the conditions and rules are exactly the same, but on field conditions are totally different, it’s chalk and cheese,” Tendulkar concluded.
