Delhi: Just as the ball and bat are important in the game of cricket, stumps are equally important. No match can be expected without stumps on the cricket field. Just as there are batsmen at both ends of the cricket field, similarly there are 3 stumps at each end. This game is not possible without stumps in modern cricket. In today's cricket, the color, look and technology of the stumps have all changed and LEG stumps equipped with the latest technology are used.

In this special article, we will tell you when LED stumps came into existence and how these stumps work. But first, let us take a look at the story of the stump.

Initially there were 2 stumps, then how did the need for the third stump arise?

Cricket is believed to have started in the 16th century. At that time, sheep herders in England used to play cricket to pass time. There is no evidence of stumps at that time, but by the 17th century, stumps were introduced in cricket. Initially, there were 2 stumps in cricket and the game was played with 2 stumps for a long time. But what happened that the need for a third stump was felt and when did it come into existence?

The third stump was brought into existence in the year 1775

Initially, when cricket was played with 2 stumps, there used to be a big gap between the two stumps. If the ball passed through the gap, the player was declared out. Then gradually, due to the controversy over out-not out, it is said that the third stump was invented in the year 1775. Since then, 2 sets of 3 stumps are used at both ends in cricket. The length and width of the stumps kept changing from time to time, but since then cricket has been played with 3-3 stumps only.

Different forms of stumps, sometimes wooden and sometimes plastic stumps