{"id":21890,"date":"2025-03-20T15:14:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T09:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=578486"},"modified":"2025-03-20T15:25:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T09:55:22","slug":"ipl-2025-saliva-ban-lifted-two-balls-to-be-used-in-second-innings-and-more-rule-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2025-saliva-ban-lifted-two-balls-to-be-used-in-second-innings-and-more-rule-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2025: Saliva ban lifted, two balls to be used in second innings, and more rule changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)<\/strong> has introduced <strong>significant rule changes<\/strong> for IPL 2025, including the <strong>revocation of the saliva ban<\/strong> and the introduction of a <strong>second ball in the second innings during the captains meet today<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>These decisions were finalized during the <strong>captains and managers\u2019 meeting<\/strong> at the <strong>BCCI headquarters in Mum<\/strong><strong>bai on March 20<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Key Changes for IPL 2025:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Saliva Ban Lifted:<\/strong> The BCCI has officially reversed its <strong>pandemic-era restriction<\/strong> on using saliva to shine the ball, allowing bowlers to use it again.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Second Ball in the Second Innings:<\/strong> A fresh ball will be introduced <strong>after the 11th over<\/strong> of the second innings to mitigate the effects of dew, ensuring <strong>fairer playing conditions<\/strong> for both teams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A <strong>BCCI official<\/strong> confirmed that the primary aim of introducing the second ball is to <strong>neutralize the dew advantage<\/strong> that often influences toss outcomes in night matches. This change ensures that teams bowling second do not suffer from excessive moisture affecting the ball\u2019s grip and movement.<\/p>\n<p>These changes are expected to have a significant impact on <strong>game strategies, especially for bowlers and captains<\/strong>, as teams adapt to the new regulations in <strong>IPL 2025<\/strong>, which kicks off on <strong>March 22<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The restriction on saliva usage was introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic when the <strong>International Cricket Council (ICC)<\/strong> enforced measures to curb the virus\u2019s spread.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has introduced significant rule changes for IPL 2025, including the revocation\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3437,3810],"class_list":["post-21890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl","tag-impact-player","tag-ipl-2025"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}