This is deeper issue when women are considered as distraction not a strength: Sania Mirza


This is deeper issue when women are considered as distraction not a strength: Sania Mirza

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On Thursday, Tennis Player Sania Mirza said she doesn’t not understand why the women are only seen as a distraction to the sports stars. This is a “Deeper Issue” In a subcontinent. Sania said she is unable to understand how the wives and girlfriends of male sports stars are being blamed if they do not perform.

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Sania had given the compliment to the Australian Fast bowler Mitchell Starc because of missing his ODI match to watch his wife and women’s cricket star Alyssa Healy at the Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia earlier this year. Sania had also said anyone from the sub-continent would have been called a ‘joru ka ghulam’ had he done something similar.

Sure thing !! God forbid it would be a guy from the subcontinent, the guy would be called a ‘joru ka ghulaam’ in one second. good on you Mitchell. couple goals for sure!! (sic),” Sania had tweeted during the Women’s T20 World Cup final.

Sania Mirza said sometimes humour helps bring out the truth and that she doesn’t able to understand that how a woman can become a distraction for the sports player and not a strength.

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Actually, Sania Mirza faced the same criticism when she travels with her husband on his cricket tours. This is also the same situation of Anushka when she travels with her husband during various tournaments.

“It was funny because me and Anushka probably relate to this the most. I think whenever our husbands perform, it’s because of them, whenever they don’t perform it’s because of us. I don’t know how that works”, sania said. She was speaking to the Indian women cricketer Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues on YouTube show ‘DoubleTrouble’.

“We are saying it as a joke but I think there is a much deeper issue. The deeper issue is that a woman can always be a distraction and not a strength. Oh if you’re girlfriend is there or your wife is there, he must be distracted because he is going out fordinner’. That doesn’t even make any sense. When starc went to his wife to watch the World Cup final and everybody was hailing him”. Sania said in a statement.

Sania added that “I truly felt… I was trying to just picture Shoaib doing that for me… hell would have broken loose if that would have happened. They would have said… he is such a joru ka ghulam… he is going and watching a women’s cricket match. I just felt it. I feel humour sometimes brings the truth out”. Sania and Anushka had long conversation about it.

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Sania reflected on her journey about her struggle which she had to face when she found the success in her game (tennis). She is a six time double grand slam winner and also wished the Indian women cricketer for the world Cup.