Sunil Gavaskar, a famous Indian cricket player, wants the people in charge to stop allowing extra drink breaks for fast bowlers in cricket games. Usually, there are official drink breaks during the game, but teams also give drinks to their fast bowlers near the edge of the field to help them stay hydrated.

Gavaskar thinks that the authorities have ignored this extra practice. He also wonders why the fast bowlers need to drink after only six throws, while the batters have to wait until the official drink break.

In cricket, it’s common for fast bowlers to take a drink at the boundary line after they finish bowling their six deliveries. This is something the officials seem to ignore. If bowlers can hydrate themselves this way, why have a specific drinks break at all? It’s worth noting that the batsman doesn’t get a chance to drink after an over, even if they’ve scored a few runs by running between the wickets, as Gavaskar mentioned in his column for Sportstar.

Gavaskar has previously recommended removing the drinks break for bowlers since the ICC stopped allowing runners for injured batters. He also proposed returning to the older method of having drinks breaks.

“Cricket, regardless of the format, is a game that requires stamina and endurance. It should return to the practice of taking drinks only after every hour of play, and before that, only with the approval of the opposing captain and umpires. Once umpires started ignoring this rule for one bowler, it became a common practice, undermining the purpose of the drinks break,” he said.

“The third umpire and match referee should also make sure that a reserve player does not enter the field to give a drink to a teammate but remains outside the boundary line,” he finished.