Gully Cricket
Gully Cricket by Prashany Mahato
Various forms of cricket exist and the sport may broadly be divided between major and minor versions. Major cricket includes several variations in which top-class players have taken part such as Test cricket, first-class cricket, single wicket, limited overs cricket and Twenty20.
One of the popular version I grew up playing on the Mumbai Streets was Gully Cricket.
About Gully Cricket
In India and Pakistan, there is Gali cricket (‘gali’ in Hindi means ‘street’. It is pronounced as ‘gully’ but should not be confused with the fielding position). Often, there are no teams, and each player plays for himself, and fields when he is not batting. Often, there is one wicket, and one bowling position, and no overs. If the batsman runs an odd number of runs, he is allowed to walk back to the wicket before the next ball is bowled.