Consider the following two statements :(a) Initially the cricket bat was roughly of the same shape as a hockey stick curving outwards at the bottom(b) That was so because the ball was bowled underarm and such a shape gave batsman the best chance of hitting the ballNow state whether :

• A. (a) is right, (b) is not
• B. (b) is right, (a) is not
• C. Neither (a) nor (b) is right
• D. both are correct