Women’s T20 World Cup 2026: Former Pakistan captain Sana Mir is in the news for her outspoken statement. She has openly expressed her displeasure over trolling, gender discrimination against women cricketers and the old statement of former captain Shahid Afridi.
Sana Mir Statement: The journey of Pakistan women’s team in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 ended in the league stage itself. Although the team ended the tournament with a win by defeating Netherlands by 37 runs in its last match, but before that the team was out of the race for the semi-finals due to four consecutive defeats. After this, Pakistan’s women players started being heavily criticized on social media. In such a situation, former Pakistan captain Sana Mir came out in support of her players. He shared a video on social media. Let us know what he said in his video-
Sana Mir’s viral video
Sana Mir While sharing a post on X, she reminded that Pakistan has defeated India twice in the Women’s T20 World Cup. Apart from this, he has also performed brilliantly against strong teams like England, New Zealand, West Indies and South Africa. She said that women’s cricket has given many great achievements to Pakistan, but still women players do not get the respect they deserve. She said that when a female player performs poorly, people try to break her confidence. Society needs to change its thinking towards women, only then women’s cricket will be able to move forward.
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Women and men should get equal respect
Giving the example of Australia, Sana Mir said that the male cricketers there had raised their voice for equal status for women players. He told that Australia’s male players had not signed new contracts until female players got rights and respect. He raised the question that when the men’s team loses big tournaments, its players are not treated like this. But female players are trolled more just because they are women.
Mir expressed displeasure over Shahid Afridi’s statement
Sana Mir also expressed displeasure over the old controversial statement of former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi. In fact, Afridi had once said that women should focus on cooking instead of playing cricket. On which Sana Mir said that this kind of thinking promotes discrimination against women. He clearly said that women should also get equal respect and opportunity in sports.
Sana Mir expressed concern over fake AI video
Sana Mir also expressed concern over fake AI videos and false news being spread on social media. He said that it is extremely wrong to spread fake videos and misinformation to defame players and their families. This not only breaks the morale of the players but also increases hatred in the society.