This is the ball for the stage after the Chamki. A Chamki is 64mm and 40g — deliberately tiny, made for a five year old. Sooner or later that child wants to play with a proper ball, the same size the older boys in the street are using, and this is that ball at a price that survives being lost over a wall.

It is a regular tennis size ball in tight pressure rubber. Regular size matters here more than any other spec: a child who has learned to hit a small light ball has to re-learn their timing on a full-size one, and it is better they do that at Rs. 166 a ball than on something dearer.

You can have it in yellow, orange or green. Pick by where you play rather than by favourite colour — green vanishes into grass, orange gets lost against brick and dust, and yellow is the safest all-rounder on a concrete street. The balls in the photographs show all three together so you can judge for yourself.

The rubber is good quality and pressed tight, so it keeps a real bounce rather than going soft and dead after a fortnight. It works indoors and outdoors, and like any rubber ball it is fine for more than cricket — handball, throwing games, and whatever else gets invented in the street.

Six cost Rs. 999, which is about Rs. 166 a ball. Twelve cost Rs. 1,750, which brings it down to roughly Rs. 146 each — the twelve is the sensible buy if there is a group of children involved, because there is always a group of children involved.

Safencia sells the six pack for Rs. 999 with Cash on Delivery across Pakistan. Message us on WhatsApp and we will confirm stock, your colour, your city and the delivery charge before dispatch.

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