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Why do Criketers use White Powder on their Face

Why do Cricketers use White Powders on their Face

You might have wondered why the cricketer use those funny looking white powder on their face ,but let me tell you that the white powder used is not for and has a purpose behind .To know about this powder read the full article.



What actually is the white powder?

The white powder is actually the zinc oxide which is applied by players on their naked body parts mostly during day matches when the sun is strongly burning.



Why this powder?

Their is a definite purpose behind using the powder on he skin.
      The players use the white powder as the natural suns cream  which protects the players from the harmful Ultraviolet Radiations of sun's as the players had to struggle in sun for 6 hours or even more.... 


Why not sun's Cream?

Now the question may arise in your mind that don't the players use the suns cream instead of this zinc oxide ,the reason is that the Suns cream has many of the chemical components in it which may harm the skin of the players if applied for a long period of time. Hence players prefer white powder of Zinc Oxide over the Suns cream.


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