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10 Can Girls Play Cricket?

I can read...
I can read...
Most of the boys thought that girls could not play cricket. Did
the girls prove them wrong. Let’s read the story and find out

how.

Shwetank waited for his friends to arrive at the playground. When they
came, four boys and three girls, they were all excited to see the cricket set

Shwetank had got for his birthday.

‘‘Let’s make two teams and play a match,’’ said Shwetank. ‘‘I’ll be the captain

of one team. Romil, you can be the captain of the other. You can select your
team and I’ll select mine.’’

They started calling out the names. ‘‘Aarav....Max....’’

cricket set — the things one needs to play

cricket, such as bat, ball, pads and gloves

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