India, March 5 -- Reverse swing, a potent weapon for fast bowlers, was significantly after the International Cricket Council (ICC) prohibited the use of saliva following the Covid-19 pandemic. Mohammed Shami, India's pace spearhead, has voiced his concerns over this restriction after India's win over Australia in the Champions Trophy semi-final, calling for a reconsideration of the rule to bring reverse swing back into play.

"We are trying to reverse, but you are not getting the use of saliva into the game. We are constantly appealing to allow the use of saliva, and it will be interesting with the reverse swing," Shami stated after India's semi-final win in Dubai.

In ODIs, the art of reverse-swing is almost non-existent, with the introd...