WATCH: Mohammad Amir forgets 'no saliva on the ball rule'

Pakistan Pacer Mohammad Amir forgot about the new ‘no saliva on the ball rule’ during the first T20I between Pakistan and England. Due to the ongoing pandemic COVID-19, the ICC has prohibited the use of saliva to shine the ball. However, the Pakistan seamer Amir seemed to forget about the rule. He was seen shining the ball twice using his saliva during the first T20I.

Mohammad Amir used saliva to shine the ball, forgets about the rule

Since the restart of the game, the ICC has issued new guidelines. These guidelines includes the new set of rules including no crowd policy and no use of saliva to shine the ball. During the first T20 game between Pakistan and England, Mohammad Amir could be seen using the saliva to shine the ball not once but on two different instances.

Pakistan were bowling first after winning the toss. Seasoned player Amir could be seen using his saliva to shine the ball before bowling the 3rd delivery of the over.

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Hmmm #COVIDー19 #tuttut #ENGvPAK pic.twitter.com/0hqPSl981s

— Gavin Plume (@ChairBadger) August 28, 2020

Mohammad Amir seemed to have forgotten the rule as he shined the ball again while going back to his runup after bowling the 3rd delivery of the 4th over.

Mohammad Amir’s about to do another 5 years in the gulag pic.twitter.com/BJ0zaMcOTO

— Essex League Cricketer (@EssexLeague_) August 28, 2020

In case you didn’t know –

After the conclusion of the test series, Pakistan were up against England in the first T20 of the 3-match series on Friday. The visitors won the toss and elected to bowl first. They started well as Imad Wasim consumed Jonny Bairstow in the first over of the innings itself. However, Tom Banton took the game to Pakistan bowlers as the opener scored 71 runs off 42 deliveries. Pakistan spinners, Imad Wasim and Shadab Khan, did well to pull the game back. They reduced the English side to 131/6 after 16.1 overs. At this juncture, the Rain Gods arrived and they didn’t show any mercy. The match has to be abandoned as a no contest.