Coronavirus Outbreak: India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin says it will take practice to avoid putting saliva on a ball

India's premier spinner Ravichandran Ashwin feels putting saliva on the ball is a habit and it will take some practice to get rid of it when cricket resumes in the post COVID-19 world.

The ICC Cricket Committee recommended a ban on use of saliva in its meeting earlier this week.

"I don't know (when is) the next time I go out there. It is natural for me to put saliva. It's going to take some practise (to not apply saliva). But I think, if we all have to co-exist, which is the DNA of human race, we will have to try and adapt to this," Ashwin said during an Instagram chat with Delhi Capitals.

Talking about his carrom ball, Ashwin said it roughy took him four years to develop it.