Vishal Bhatnagar/Meerut: Women are continuously creating havoc in the cricket field. Just like men, women are also seen making better use of their wrists and hitting fours and sixes. But do you know that the artisan has to do more work in bats made for women as compared to men. Actually, all types of bats are made the same through machines. But after that, sports artisans work to refine the bat according to cricket rules.
Anuj Kumar Singhal, President of Surajkund Sports Market explains. Whatever sports goods are prepared in Meerut. All of them are prepared under the rules of BCCI and ICCI. In such a situation, if we talk about the bat made for women, its weight is less than that of men. The weight of the bat made for men is 1 kg 200 grams. The bats which are prepared for women. Their weight is 1 kg 100 grams.
length too short
Another sports businessman Shobhit Tyagi says that the bat made for women has less weight as well as height. He told that if we talk about this bat, it is 33 inches long. Whereas the length of men’s bat is 38 inches.
There is no difference in rates
Shobhit Tyagi says that even if the bat made for women weighs 100 grams less than that for men. But this is not the reason for the difference in its rates. Because wood is used only in sufficient quantity. The bats which are made for women. More work has to be done in it including grinding. So that bats can be made to suit women. Let us tell you that now parents are seen buying more bats for their daughters in the sports market than before. There is an increase in the number of girls in various academies also. Traders consider Women’s IPL to be the most important contributor to this.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 17, 2024, 10:54 IST