The captain of the cricket team was traditionally a batsman and a gentleman because of _________.
A
the social superiority of amateur
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B
their knowledge of the game
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C
batsman were better cricketers
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D
bowlers being more aggressive
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Solution
The correct option is A the social superiority of amateur
Amateurs tended to be batsmen, leaving the energetic, hardworking aspects of the game, like fast bowling, to the professionals. . Cricket is a batsman’s game because its rules were made to favour ‘Gentlemen’, who did most of the batting. The social superiority of the amateur was also the reason the captain of a cricket team was traditionally a batsman: not because batsmen were naturally better captains but because they were generally Gentlemen.