4 things that cricket needs to get rid off to stay relevant

#4. Get rid of the boundary rope

We need to get rid of the boundary rope

We talk about bringing parity to the balance in a game that is so heavily tilted towards the bat these days.

We talk about the flat decks, big bats and insane ODI rules that pip the game unfairly in the favour of batsmen, but we fail to address the elephant in the room- the boundary rope.

Back in the day, ropes weren't employed in a match which basically meant the ball had to hit the hoardings for it to be constituted as a boundary.

But, as the popularity of limited-overs cricket skyrocketed and more and more commercialism came into the game, ropes came into the reckoning, which has accentuated to ridiculous levels in the modern-era especially in the sub-continent where the ropes are brought in a good 10 meters.

While the use of ropes on big grounds such as in Australia is somewhat justified, on smaller grounds, like in the sub-continent, it tilts the balance heavily in favour of the batsmen and needs to be done away with, if we are serious about bringing parity to the balance.