IND vs ENG third Test | Ben Stokes breaks no-saliva rule, spoken to by umpires

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England all-rounder Ben Stokes was seen making use of saliva on the ball on the opening day of the day-night third Test towards India right here on Wednesday, following which the ball needed to be sanitised.

The incident befell on the finish of the twelfth over when Stokes was seen utilizing saliva to shine the ball, prompting umpire Nitin Menon to have a chat with him. The ball was subsequently sanitised.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) had banned the usage of saliva to shine the ball because of the COVID-19 pandemic in June final 12 months.

As per the ICC’s COVID-19 rules, a crew may 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 facet.

Whenever saliva is utilized to the ball, the umpires have to wash it earlier than play recommences.

Earlier, left-arm spinner Axar Patel took six wickets and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin bagged three as England managed to publish simply 112 within the first innings. Opener Zak Crawley was the highest scorer for England with 53.

In reply, India misplaced their first wicket within the type of Shubman Gill as Jofra Archer dismissed the teenager for a 51-ball 11. Cheteshwar Pujara additionally walked again on duck after being trapped by Jack Leach.

(With PTI Inputs)