Question

A cricketer lowers his hands while catching a vertically falling ball.Explain why?

Answer 1

While catching a ball, a cricket player lowers his hands, because by doing so, he increases the time of catch. That is, the person increases the time to bring about a given change in momentum, and hence rate of change of momentum decreases.

Thus, a small force is exerted by ball on the hands.

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Answer 2

to increase the time of interaction which also helps to decrease the velocity