New Delhi: Ace Indian tennis player Sania Mirza was subjected to online trolling and suffered a major backlash after she was seen supporting her husband Shoaib Malik, Pakistan’s batsman during the encounter between Pakistan and Australia at the ICC T20 World Cup second semi-final at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Sania was seen cheering for the Men in Green on November 11.
Some cameras present at the stadium caught Sania cheering for her husband and Pakistan’s players. The 34-years-old’s presence did not go well with her fans. In between the innings, Sania Mirza started trending on Twitter. Some of her fans questioned her loyalty and support. Some of the Twitteratis called Sania a traitor for supporting Pakistan.
Here are the reactions of Twitteratis over Sania Mirza’s presence:
Sania Mirza is clapping for enemy country Pakistan that kills our soldiers on a daily basis pic.twitter.com/6wpSrnThqB
— Vishnu saini (@vksaini675) November 11, 2021
Such a shame watching this @MirzaSania laughing clapping cheering for Pak. Showing her support to Pak shameless. #PAKvAUS #T20WorldCup2021 #Sania
— Nishant (@Nishant15864313) November 11, 2021
#PAKVSAUS @MirzaSania why she is still living in india. I never ever seen she supports to our indian team, @narendramodi pls cancels her’s indian citizenship, she can’t deserve to live here
— Chris Cric ?? (@Chrisrcb100) November 11, 2021
I don’t know why I keep seeing tweets about Indian people wanting/hoping Sania Mirza to cheer for india..
She shouldn’t represent us in Olympics.I say one garbage less. Good of her to marry a Pakistani guy.
— Solitude? (@SaffronQween) November 11, 2021
Whole of India rn ( except Sania Mirza )#PAKVSAUS #ICCT20WorldCup2021 pic.twitter.com/evzehLcFVI
— Siddhesh (@Siddhes77332505) November 11, 2021
If there was a competition for #NamakHaram than Sania Mirza would have been the undisputed winner#PAKvAUS pic.twitter.com/yfoEfAqJaT
— Kapil Mishra ?? ᶠᵃⁿ (@KapilMishrra) November 11, 2021
#PAKvAUS
Can someone please tell me that what kind of an indian Sania Mirza is??Never have i ever saw her cheating for indian cricket team but we saw her in support of pakistan many times.
Ex.? pic.twitter.com/uVDnVpBVq6
— Abhishek Narsingh ॐ ?? (@AmanPradyuman) November 11, 2021
SaNiA mIrZa Is PaKiStAnI bEcAuSe ShE cLaPpEd FoR pAkIsTaN mf stfu she literally represents India in tennis and her husband plays for Pakistan so stfu stfu stfu
— Arjun Bharath (@n80iyerboi) November 11, 2021
About the match between Pakistan and Australia, on batting first, Pakistan was restricted to 176 runs for 4 wickets. Mohammad Rizwan secured 67 off 52, resulting in his third half-century of the tournament following which Fakhar Zaman scored unbeaten 55 off 32 deliveries.
In the second innings, Australia was much under pressure with the fall of 5 wickets where they needed 62 off last 30 balls. Australia’s wicketkeeper cum batter Mathew Wade stormed with a barrage of sixes resulting in their team’s win. Wade scored 41* off 17 balls and his partnership with Marcus Stoinis (40* off 31) resulted in 81 runs.
Pakistan’s leg-spinner Shadab Khan played exceptionally well by taking 4 wickets for 26 runs.
Australia will be meeting New Zealand, another finalist on Sunday. The match will decide who will win the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 title.
