The IPL has lifted the prohibition on polishing balls using saliva.

Mumbai: At least in the Indian Premier League, you may shine once again. All ten captains decided during Thursday's IPL 2025 captains' meeting at the BCCI headquarters that the prohibition on using saliva to shine the ball can be repealed in order to partially counteract the bat-ball imbalance brought on by the Impact Player rule, which has significantly increased par scores.

To lessen the effect of dew, it was decided to permit the use of a second new ball halfway through a match's second innings.