Shikha Pandey, a member of the Indian women's cricket team, has said on Sunday that the betterment of women's cricket will not be by changing the size of the ball, the size of the pitch, but for this, apart from publicity, development at the ground level is needed. Shikha, 30, said that she had recently heard about the changes being made for the promotion of women's cricket. In which there are talks about changing the size of the ball, pitch and shortening of the boundaries. Shikha wrote a number of tweets on Twitter, writing, "I am listening to all the changes which are in discussion for the betterment of women's cricket and which are being recommended so that women cricket should be more attracted." I personally think all these suggestions are meaningless. " He said, "Women runners in the Olympics do not run 80 meters in the 100-meter race to win the gold medal nor do they take the same time as their male competitors. So reducing the length of the pitch, whatever the reason, it Is suspicious. "

She wrote, "It is okay to reduce the size of the ball, but as Ian Smith said, it will work only when the weight is the same. It will help the bowlers to catch the ball. It will help the spinners and the shots will go even farther." The fast bowler wrote, "Do not reduce the boundaries. We have surprised all of you with our recent power hits. So remember this is only the beginning, we will get better. Be patient. We are capable players and improve. Are. " He wrote, "Sports can be promoted by promoting. We do not need to tamper with the rules.

Shikha wrote, "Wherever we play matches, DRS, Sneako, Hotspot, all technical things and matches cannot be telecast live. Huge investment at the ground level, equal playing opportunities, no discrimination, etc. these things are needed. is." Shikha said that women's cricket needs to be seen separately from male cricket. For this, she mentioned the crowd of spectators who came to the final of the Women's T20 World Cup in Melbourne this year. He said, "Please do not compare women's cricket to women's sport to men's sport. We have to see it as a different game. A game for which 86,174 viewers came on March 8 and millions of people watched it on TV at home saw." He said, "Those people saw something special in us and hoped to do well."

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