Mohammad Shami wants to revoke the ban on using saliva on the ball. Using of saliva was banned during COVID-19 times. Where transmission of the virus would have been possible as saliva could carry and transmit the virus through droplets. Mostly saliva is used by bowlers to keep the shine of the ball alive. When saliva is rubbed through the rubbed area becomes a shiner and gives the recipient of reverse swing where the ball is tapped into the reverse format. 

It was mentioned by ICC that the ban was a temporarly mesaure, when the pandemic gets over or suppressed the ban will be automatically revoked. Then in September 2022 instead of revoking ICC made it into permanent ban and suggested to apply sweat or some special foil to add, this was sudden move which no one did expected. 

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Shami On The Victory Against Australia

Shami expressed his happiness on victory over Australia in Champions Trophy semi final. He said it, was quite a tensed moment when he dropped the catch of Travis Head. But it was quite recultant that he was coming from 1 year injury break where he injured himself during, the final of 2023 World Cup final and the fate has given him another chance to play the final of ICC Champions Trophy. 

Though Travis Head didn't do as much, damage as India thought and Shami too, had a great spell picking 3 wickets in the final of the game. During the press meet he urged the plea to ICC to revoke the usage of saliva to debug the advantage to batsmen as bowlers left nothing to do on a batting track, even it's not only Shami who is alone in this some bowlers have come in support of Mohammad Shami regarding this issue. 

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Vernon Philander And Tim Southee comes in for support.

Even Shami is not alone but he has got his supporters for this. South African pace bowler Vernon Philander and New Zealand pace bowler Tim Southee had addressed this issue with the ICC, and they said this rule was too early during coronavirus times.  Southee says we have been getting no advantage as bowlers as batsmen they get used to powerplays and field restrictions, 

Mostly Southee and and Phillander went on to say we have seen lots of changes in batting demography but no change in bowling rules.  We have seen in recent years that batters have been dominating and using different shots and change of hands but it leasure bowlers too which can give equal competition to bat and ball.