3 rules in cricket that need to be changed

#3. LBW - Pitching outside leg stump

Australia v England - Fourth Test: Day 2

This is one of the laws in cricket that has stood the test of time. A batsman cannot be judged leg before wicket out if the ball pitches outside his leg stump, irrespective of whether the ball would have hit the stumps or not.

The whole idea of this law was to avoid negative tactics, wherein the bowler could keep targeting outside leg stump which would not allow the batsman to score runs. This could have worked in previous eras, where bowlers had the advantage of uncovered wickets and there were no helmets for batsmen.

But we are in an era where batsmen are starting to play both right- and left-handed, and where they get under the ball and play it over the keeper’s head thanks to super-protective helmets. With the advent of T20, batsmen are anyways looking to play ultra-positive.

There is too much in favour of the batsmen these days, and ideally bowlers should be rewarded with leg before dismissals if the ball is going to hit the stumps - irrespective of whether the ball is pitching on or outside leg stump.

The rules need to be tweaked in such a way that the bowlers are kept in the contest. That is how the next generation kids will develop a liking towards having a bowl instead of fantasizing of just hitting sixes and fours.