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g gender equality and acceptance of gender equality using the medium of sport, highlighting the importance of bringing an understanding of other perspectives in development. He said that mainstream sport often socializes boys and girls into becoming gender constructs of men and boys, and emphasised the need of a gender-transformative approach which will help boys relook at their own masculinity. He talked about the three conceptual principals of the approach: (a) using cricket (as a means) to challenge masculinity knots, winning young boys in a manner where they would form a space to critically challenge some of their wrongdoings, done mostly when they are growing up, (b) understanding the role of human body in relation to competition, since most sports and physical programmes lay no emphasis on the body or its representation which marginalises women and many boys, and (c) a positive deviant approach as a way of sustaining the programme.