Girls and Cricket: Howzzat!!

Gone are the days when a girl used to complain about cricket being a dampener to a date with her boyfriend; now with the overhaul of cricket, that same girl, instead of complaining, sits next to her boyfriend watching the match, cheering and charging. Yes, cricket has become an appealing sport to the fairer sex as well.

For some girls, like me, nothing matches up to the thrill of Dhoni’s helicopter shot or the anticipation of the Master Blaster’s 100^th ton. While some men still think that it’s only the masculinity of the players that catch the eve’s eye, there are girls who not only understand the sport but make sure that they get their facts right every time they engage in a conversation.

“Earlier I used to get very irritated by girls, who did not know a word of cricket, comment on Sachin Tendulkar’s batting skills whenever they saw him get out. But now things have changed, with IPL I see girls watching a lot more cricket and understanding a thing or two about it.” says Agnihotra Roy, a student and a cricket enthusiast. In a country where cricket is a religion, for many girls like Shireen S. Dastagir, aka Sista Sherrie, podcaster at pitch-invasion .com, the enthusiasm about cricket grew out of a need to fit in. From there cricket went on to be a obsession and finally a sport which they loved and understood just like, and maybe even better than most of their male friends. “I love the sport for so many reasons. On one hand it gives me a high to watch a T20 game and on the other, I can’t imagine a better way to spend a relaxed sunny day than watching a Ranji match. The fact that,

We girls don’t deny that the men of the game are one of the reasons that we love cricket, but then we also understand and enjoy the way these men play. 

From anklets to arm-guards, we girls have it all covered.