As the virus in the country spreading at a thick rate, the former opening batsman of India Gautam Gambhir feels there is no other option rather than living with this dangerous virus. The outbreak of the pandemic has halted all the sporting schedules in the world.
Former India opener Gautam Gambhir doesn’t see major changes in the way cricket is played in the post-COVID-19 scenario besides the ban on using saliva on the ball. The International Cricket Council is considering legalisation of the usage of artificial substances to shine the ball instead of saliva.
I don’t think many changes will happen – Gautam Gambhir
Gambhir further believes that all the players have to live with the virus. He thinks it should be a normal thing even if the player gets affected by the virus, Gambhir wants to treat the virus as a normal thing by maintaining all the required precautions to stay away from COVID-19.
“I don’t think a lot of rules and regulations will be changed, you can probably have an alternative for the usage of saliva — apart from that I don’t think so many changes will happen,” said Gambhir on Star Sports show Cricket Connected.
“Players and everyone else need to live with this virus; probably 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,” he added.
Social distancing is easy to follow in cricket:
Gautam Gambhir further added that maintaining social distancing is easy to follow in the game of cricket compared to other sports. He believes people should start accepting it as quickly as possible for the better future of the game.
“Social distancing and other rules may not be easy for any sport to maintain. You can still manage to do it with cricket, but how will you do it in football, hockey and other sports as well. So, I think you just have to live with it, probably the sooner you accept it, the better it is,” he said.