ICC Cricket Committee chairman Anil Kumble says the recommendation to ban saliva for shining the ball is only an interim measure and "things will go back to normal" once the COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control.

The Kumble-led panel recommended a ban on saliva to minimise the risk of infection. On Friday, the ICC, in its guidelines for cricket resumption, agreed with the recommendation. "This is only an interim measure and as long as we have hopefully control over COVID in a few months or a year's time, I think things will go back to as normal as it can be," Kumble said on the Star Sports show Cricket