There is an ongoing debate as to why wives and girlfriends of cricketers face a lot hatred when cricketers fail to carry out on the sphere. Anushka SharmaThose who married Virat Kohli in 2017, have been viciously attacked each time the cricketer has not carried out on the sphere.
Veteran actor Mumtaz not too long ago spoke about how the arrival of social media has added to the tradition of individuals abusing the wives and girlfriends of cricketers. He remembered how his contemporaries, actresses Sharmila Tagore and Reena Roy of the 60s and 70s, by no means obtained criticism over the poor performances of Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Mohsin Khan.
She informed ETimes that this tradition emerged “not simply because Twitter, Facebook and Instagram did not exist but additionally as a result of woh zamaana kuch aur tha, sab badal gaya hai, mauhol aaj kitna aalag hai (Those instances have been completely different, now every thing has modified).
She additionally questioned why none of those actresses are praised when their cricketer husband and boyfriend do nicely on the sphere. He referred to as it “a reflection of the sexism prevailing in our society”.
Even Anushka Sharma shouldn’t be sitting silent on this abuse. When former cricketer and commentator Sunil Gavaskar referred to a viral video of Anushka and Virat enjoying video games of their spare time, Kohli’s follow through the Covid-19 lockdown was dealing with Anushka Sharma’s bowling. Anushka had dismissed Gavaskar’s “sexist” feedback. Taking to her social media platform, she had requested, “When will I stop being dragged into cricket?”
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
