Indian citizens have adopted cricket as a widespread popular sport in their country. The participation of women in cricket sport grew swiftly because cricket seldom leaves the mainstream national culture. The creation of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) marks BCCI’s substantial contribution to female cricket development by holding its third season that has attracted numerous cricket fans.
Multitudes of people openly express negative opinions about female participation in cricket games because social attitudes toward women in cricket have shifted significantly. The well-known cricket player Virat Kohli recently commented on the inadequate admiration which athletes from the opposite gender receive in his recent remarks. The Bengaluru gathering hosted Kohli when he indicated that current progress is promising but additional backing would bring advancement quicker.
“They were their own catalysts and kind of put the attention onto them. I literally saw it happening like in a time span of 6-7 years. The way they started playing, you could see that belief, and then people started engaging in that a lot. And eventually, it got to a place where, you know, the commercials became better, money was being infused into the women’s game, and then you have the WPL,” Kohli commented at the RCB Innovation Lab Indian Sports Summit.
Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli: Sports Culture Should Include Everyone
“Looking at men for the improvement of sport in any country, it has to be a collective. Sports culture includes everyone, and women’s sport is a massive part of it and we have so much data in women’s sports, not just cricket but all the others. We are creating individual activities over the year in tennis, badminton, wrestling, boxing. So, I think it’s definitely heading in the right direction, and it needs more backing and more and more infrastructure to be developed.”
Virat Kohli
In relation to Kohli, he will be focusing on the forthcoming IPL, which starts on March 22. He is still seeking his first championship and will be playing for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) for the eighteenth time in the forthcoming event. In the opening match of the competition, RCB will play the Kolkata Knight Riders, the reigning champions.
