Players have to get used to dangers of virus, says Gambhir

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is considering legalisation of the usage of artificial substances to shine the ball instead of saliva. “I don’t think a lot of rules and regulations will be changed. You can probably have an alternate for the usage of saliva. Apart from that, I don’t think so many changes will happen,” Gambhir told Star Sports’ show ‘Cricket Connected’.

“Players and everyone else need to live with this virus; they have to get used to it that there is a virus and that it will be around. Players might end up catching it, and you got to live with it.” Though social distancing is possible in cricket to a certain extent, other sports will find it tougher when action resumes, according to the southpaw.

“Social distancing and other rules may not be easy for any sport to maintain. You can still manage to do it in cricket, but how will you do it in football, hockey and other sports? So, I think you just have to live with it. The sooner you accept it, the better it is,” added Gambhir.