umpires go about their job and count six balls i understood that when i became an umpire myself as players we dont know much about the laws of the game it is only when you study you realise you did not know so much about the gamethe curiosity kept on increasing and i left the game in 2020 after clearing the mpca umpiring exam she saidumpiring has now become a financially secure profession but ritika was never in it for the moneymoney was never a factor for me i just want to be involved in the game after spending the majority of my life playing the sportthere were no job opportunities for players back then we were depending on match fees which was not enough and i had to ask my parents and that was not a great feeling she recalled the support from her parents who were into government jobsumpiring remains a male dominated territory and ritika hopes for a change in the foreseeable futureit is a big challenge working in a male dominated profession even at the state level all umpires were men there was just one female umpire who too switched to another state it was very challenging but i got a lot of support from mpca ritika addednidhi on the other hand had moved to jharkhand from mp in her playing days and represented the former while appearing for the umpiring exam