Sania Mirza gives Mithali Raj a pat on her back for her reply to a journalist

The skipper of India’s Women’s cricket team, Mithali Raj gave a fitting answer to a journalist when asked about her favourite male cricketer. She was speaking to the journalists at the media roundtable when the question was thrown at her. Before nailing the question with her appropriate answer, Mithali Raj spoke to the threw light on how the women’s team is different from the men’s team.

When asked to name her favourite cricketer from the men team, she said “Do you ask the same question to a male cricketer? Do you ask them who their favourite female cricketer is? I have always been asked who’s your favourite cricketer but you should ask them who their favourite female cricketer is.”

Sania Mirza’s tweet:

Her answer was a slap on everyone who thinks women cricketer’s to be inferior to the men. Indian tennis star Sania Mirza was quick to applaud the captain on social media platform, Twitter. Mirza, who is married to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik tagged Mithali in her tweet and mentioned that the latter absolutely killed it with her reply. Sania’s tweet read “@M_Raj03 slay girl … well done!!”

The 34-year-old cricketer took to her own Twitter handle and replied to Mirza’s tweet equally well. She thanked the fellow woman sports star and labelled her as ‘awesome’. She also asked Mirza to stop flattering her. Mithali wrote in her tweet “Thanks @MirzaSania!! #BasAbBahutHoGaya is awesome!! Must watch”

Mithali Raj is all set to lead team India in the Women’s World Cup that is scheduled to kick off tomorrow. India will be action against hosts England on an inaugural day. India will go into the tournaments as favourites and also the number 1 side in the ICC ODI rankings. England is not too far behind and sit at the number four 4 before entering the cup.