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Australia veteran batsman Steve Smith on Monday said the bowlers are not going to use saliva which will not create an even contest between the bat and ball in games.

Smith also said he expects as a batter an equal game experience is obviously needed to make it competitive.

Due to the massive outbreak of the coronavirus, all the cricketing activities across the world have been suspended since March. To return cricket on the field, International Cricket Caouncil [ICC] meanwhile made some regulations that are needed to be followed once the game returns to the field.

Stopping the usage of saliva to polish the match ball has been one of the most talked regulations which have been recommended by ICC.

Smith feels that not using saliva to shine the bowl will be a disadvantage for the bowlers and as a batter, he wants.

“It’s going to be interesting as probably there are still some more changes coming in. If you can’t put saliva on the ball to shine it up, I think it’s an added disadvantage for the bowlers in a way,” said Steve Smith.

“For me, even though I am a batter, I would want to see an even contest between bat and ball. I think that is really important for the game,” Smith said during a live interaction show on Facebook.

“We have to come up with another solution to keep that fair because you don’t want to see the ball doing nothing... taking quality swing bowlers around the world out of the play,” he added.

The T20 World Cup fate is also hanging due to the coronavirus crisis which will be held later this year in Australia. Also if the tournament is pushed back to next year then Indian Premier League [IPL] will take place in that window which is also facing the same fate.