If women's cricket matches get as much visibility on television and media coverage as the men's matches do, it will be game changing as the masses will get to know what the girls can do, said India women's team's star all-rounder Harmanpreet Kaur
Harmanpreet Kaur
If women's cricket matches get as much visibility on television and media coverage as the men's matches do, it will be game changing as the masses will get to know what the girls can do, said India women's team's star all-rounder Harmanpreet Kaur.
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In India, the craze for a major cricket match when the men in blue take the field is well known. People take a holiday from work or station themselves at restaurants with huge screens to catch the action. But the case has not been the same when it comes to women cricketers.
However, the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup in July changed the scenario. "After the World Cup, things have changed, and the reason was that most of the matches were telecast. If we get more matches on television, people will get to know what exactly we are doing. Before the World Cup, we won a lot of tournaments but then the matches were not shown on TV, so no one knew what we were doing," Harmanpreet said on the sidelines of Crocs Mysore Fashion Week 2017 where she walked the ramp.
"After we won the World Cup, a lot of people have been asking me, 'When is your IPL, BBL, etc'. So people now actually want to see women's cricket and that is a big achievement for us," added the vice-captain.
Talking further about the changes that have come about in recent years, Harmanpreet shared that fitness, a key ingredient to win or rather play any match, was ignored earlier. But over the past two years, the women in the team have become more conscious. "Earlier, we had fitness issues. Nowadays, the girls are more professional and they know what to do and what not to do. Everyone is focused on their fitness. Skill-wise, nobody can beat us," she said.
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