Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

Former BCCI umpire Rajiv Risodkar has translated the Laws of Cricket into Hindi. The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) uploaded (translated) laws on its website. The MCC is the custodian of cricket laws.

Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association took pride in the fact that the translated Laws of Cricket framed by MCC is now available on the official website. The honorary secretary, Sanjeev Rao, said on Friday that Risodkar translated the laws.

Risodkar, 58, served as the BCCI umpire from 1997 to 2016. Currently, he is a BCCI Level 3 umpire educator. He has trained many umpired in the last two decades.

“Traditionally, the language of cricket rules is considered as English. On the proposal of BCCI, I translated these rules into Hindi so that it can reach as many people as possible in this cricket-crazy nation,” said Risodkar.

He also expressed hope that this will benefit Hindi-speaking umpires, and those giving training in this field. According to him, it took nearly a month to complete the translation.

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