OBSESSION OF CRICKET

It is mentioned in the previous posts that sports pave a great way to reduce the obsession due to the work and various other circumfactors. However, what happens in many cases is that this form of entertainment itself can cause obsession or a type of paranoia if involved in a higher subconscious level. In various countries like India, Australia and England, cricket is more or less considered and symbolized as a form of religion. In India, metropolitan cities like Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai you can find the cricket fanatics in every street of the city. Cricket delimited itself and had grown beyond the scope of imagination. This concerned growth is mainly concentrated on the past one or two decades. Obsession for cricket has depleted the energy and power of many shining youths of India. In addition, it also caused sufficient damage to the elder generations also. Even today, we can see several people who are standing in the street-watching cricket in a public television or in a display kept at a shopping store. There obsession has increased beyond a limit that they became prioritize themselves over their form of entertainment. There are many arguments regarding this topic and its better to leave the judgment to the public itself.

POWER PLAY IN CRICKET

One-day internationals are one of the famous forms of cricket played in the recent times. It is a wondering fact that this form of cricket has come to existence only a few decades ago. At first the number of over bowled for a team is kept at 60. Nevertheless, later this has been reducing to a maximum of 50 over per team. Due to its short span nature, ODIs became very famous among the youngsters and kids. At first, the complete 50 overs are bowled without any fielding restrictions. However, after the 1995 world cup, these restrictions are brought into existence. The first 15 overs have been announced as the power play overs and there should not be more than three fielders outside the circle. This power play has many advantages and disadvantages. It paved the way for the batsmen to hit over the fielders in the initial overs in order to put pressure on the bowling side. In the past year or so, the power play overs have increased to 20 in number. Out of these 20 overs, first 10 overs are common for both the teams, the next couple of 5 overs split up one for the batting side and one for the bowling side. 

UMPIRE DECISIONS

Every form of sports has its own advantages and disadvantages. Likewise, in the game of cricket also there are boons and cons. Umpires play a vital role in every sport. Their job is one of the hardest in the field. Sometimes they have to take hard decisions and in some other times, they have to make mere guesses and based on that they have to give the results. In the past, the role of the umpires played a significant part in almost all the tournaments held until date. Bad decisions given by the umpires have a great impact on the position of a batsman in the squad. Even it has changed the overall result of the game. It has eliminated various talented teams out of a tour and has given chances to many novice teams. No one can forget that the former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has lost his captainship and lost an excellent opportunity to score even a single double-digit score throughout a series. In order to reduce the burden held by the umpires, all the new technologies should be employed to culminate the number of wrong decisions. Though the bad decision of umpires has a huge impact, we should never forget that ‘They are also human like every one of us’.