<p>The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday lifted the ban on use of saliva on the ball in the upcoming <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/ipl">Indian Premier League (IPL) </a>after majority of captains agreed to its proposal.</p><p>The decision was taken at the captains' meeting in Mumbai.</p>.BCCI contemplates lifting saliva ban in IPL, ball in captains' court.<p>"The saliva ban has been lifted. Majority of captains were in favour of the move," a top BCCI official told PTI.</p><p>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 permanent.</p><p>The IPL too included the ICC ban in its playing conditions in the aftermath of the pandemic but its guidelines are outside the purview of the sport's governing body.</p><p>With the development on Thursday, the IPL becomes the first major cricketing event to re-introduce saliva's use after the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>
<p>The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday lifted the ban on use of saliva on the ball in the upcoming <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/ipl">Indian Premier League (IPL) </a>after majority of captains agreed to its proposal.</p><p>The decision was taken at the captains' meeting in Mumbai.</p>.BCCI contemplates lifting saliva ban in IPL, ball in captains' court.<p>"The saliva ban has been lifted. Majority of captains were in favour of the move," a top BCCI official told PTI.</p><p>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 permanent.</p><p>The IPL too included the ICC ban in its playing conditions in the aftermath of the pandemic but its guidelines are outside the purview of the sport's governing body.</p><p>With the development on Thursday, the IPL becomes the first major cricketing event to re-introduce saliva's use after the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>