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Why does a fielder in the game of cricket pull his hands back when he catches a ball?

When the ball falls in the fielder’s hands, it has very high speed and as a result, very large momentum. If the ball loses its momentum very quickly, the force exerted on the fielder’s hands will be very large. This could cause grievous injury. So the fielder pulls his hands back to increase the time taken for the ball to come to a stop, so that the rate of change of momentum reduces, the force on the fielder’s hands also reduces and there’s no injury as such.


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