Brett Lee praises KXIP for having Anil Kumble as the head coach

Meanwhile, the ICC Cricket Committee, led by Anil Kumble, has recommended a ban on the use of saliva in its meeting in the wake of the pandemic. In its guidelines issued on Friday, the ICC said saliva should not be applied to shine the ball. "When you have done something your whole life from eight, nine, 10 years of age where you lick your fingers and you put on the ball, it's very hard to change that overnight too," Lee told Star Sports.

So, I think there's going to be a couple of occasions, or there's going to be some leniency I think from the ICC, where there may be warnings. "It's a great initiative,it's going to be very hard to implement I think, because cricketers have done this for their whole life," added Lee.

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