Himachal Mukhopadhyay

The word cricket has got two disparate meanings. According to the first meaning, cricket stands for an insect which is found commonly in the Indian subcontinent and the other and better known meaning of cricket is the form of a game which is played with a bat and a ball and  has two teams consists of eleven players each says a cricket expert Himachal Mukhopadhyay.

Himachal Mukhopadhyay further stated that the game of cricket consists of two umpires who are standing on both side of pitch and doing their work of displaying various types of signals by using their hands and legs and the bowler bowls the ball and the batsmen have to hit the ball in any direction.
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Although, the game of cricket was originally originated in England, but it slowly spread to the other parts of the world and it is not like any other game that is played in a country.

Himachal Mukhopadhyay further stated that the game of cricket is played in three formats namely the test match, one day match and the twenty-twenty. The test match is the longest version of the game. The latest version of these game is called the twenty- twenty and is the most preferred as it hardly lasts for four hours.

The rules in cricket are not too difficult and it can be easily learned. The game has been played between two teams of eleven players each who are present on a grass field, playing in a center of which is cricket pitch.

He further added that in some ways the game of cricket is analogous to the game of Baseball as the bowler, whose role in the game is to bowl a cricket balls is similar to a pitcher in baseball.

Himachal Mukhopadhyay stated that there are three important players, who play a vital role in the game of cricket, which includes Batsmen, Bowler and a Fielder.
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• Batsmen - he is the person, who scores runs on the balls that is bowled by the bowler.
• Bowler – he is the one who bowls and tries to get the batsmen out.
• Fielder – these are the players who are present around the field and provide their assistance to the bowler in achieving his goal as well as preventing the batsmen from scoring runs.