A cricket ball is seen to hit the bat first and the sound of hitting is heard a little later. Why?

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The ball is seen to hit the bat first and the sound of hitting is heard a little later due to the very high speed of light that we see the ball hitting the bat first and it is due to comparatively low speed of sound of hitting is heard a little later.

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