The women’s team, on the other hand, has yet to repay the faith placed in them by fans and the Indian board. If someone tries to criticise their performance at the international level, they are ridiculed on social media.
It may be an unpopular opinion, but our women’s team deserves the same criticism as our men’s team, especially with so much talk about equality on all fronts.
The fielding standards produced by the Indian women’s team during the T20 World Cup semi-final were so poor that they did not deserve to advance to the finals.
Former India women’s team captain Diana Edulji chastised the Women in Blue for their poor fielding performance in the knockout game against Australia.
I found the U-19 team to be much more fit than the seniors. They did not choke in the championship game. From 2017 to 2023, the story remains the same (for the senior team). The BCCI must assess the fitness of its players. I understand that the yo yo test is difficult for women.
Twelve of the fifteen will fail the test, but you have different criteria for acceptable fitness standards for them. There is currently no accountability on that front, Edulji told PTI.
Despite making a logical argument, the former India captain was chastised on social media for being critical of the women’s team.
Despite our women’s team’s poor fitness standards, trolls, experts, and fans have been deafeningly quiet, while the same people ripped into the men’s team after they lost in the T20 World Cup semi-final.
If we want to see our teams excel on the global stage, we need to get rid of this reluctance or selective criticism as a sporting nation.
