TIL Desk Sports/ Tennis ace Sania Mirza spoke about the tweet she put up in March when Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc missed an ODI match to watch his wife and women”s cricket star Alyssa Healy play the T20 World Cup final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Sania, who is married to former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik, tweted: “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!!”
Sania on Thursday explained that she was speaking about the abuse that she or Indian actor Anushka Sharma face whenever their husbands miss out on the field. Anushka is married to Indian captain Virat Kohli. “It (Tweet on Starc) was funny because me and Anushka probably relate to this the most,” said Sania in a video interaction with Indian cricketers Jemimah Rodrigues and Smriti Mandhana on their Youtube chat show “Double Trouble.”