Over the past week or so there’s been continuous talk of how five unlucky girls from Hyderabad may miss out on playing in this year’s Under 19 tournament. Why? Because of some silly rule that is applicable to the boys and therefore should be applicable to the girls as well. I believe it’s absolute nonsense! What is this rule, you ask? It is that a player may not be allowed to represent her Under 19 state team for more than four seasons. Again you may ask- Why? It’s quite simple really—there are around 500 boys vying for 15 spots in the state team… The 4 year rule was introduced to give everyone an equal opportunity and make sure boys were not pushed too early into a level they are not ready for. I suppose it’s a pretty good rule if you consider the amount of competition in boy’s cricket, but for the girls… It just won’t work! As I mentioned in an earlier post, women’s cricket in India is not very popular, which means that there aren’t too many players. Each state (ba