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Netizens Not Happy With Sania For Cheering For Pakistan

By:  Tupaki Desk   |   12 Nov 2021 10:34 AM GMT
Netizens Not Happy With Sania For Cheering For Pakistan
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The second semifinal in the ongoing T20 World Cup that was played between Pakistan and Australia saw the Kangaroo team defeating Pakistan in an edge-of-the-seat corner thriller and secured a spot in the final. Pakistan fans were dumbstruck with the match result as their side had not lost a single match till the semifinals. In the tournament, Pakistan lost one match that too in a knockout and left the World Cup.

More than the match result, the presence of Indian tennis player Sania Mirza had grabbed everyone's attention. The star shuttler is now facing flack from the netizens for showing up at the stadium to support Pakistan. She was spotted in the stands supporting her husband Shoaib Malik. Twitterati were not impressed with Sania Mirza who was captured by the camera happily cheering and supporting Pakistan, the team represented by her husband, Shoaib Malik .

A section of netizens and fans jumped in to attack Sania Mirza online, not happy with her attending Pakistan's match with Australia. Sania Mirza supporting a country that has issues with India at the border did not sit well with the fans. They asked whom she was supporting. A hashtag against Sania Mirza was trending on social media that received a flood of memes and hate comments. Social media is filled with such comments.

Fans are not happy with the fact that Sania Mirza who plays tennis for India had supported Pakistan in the semis and cheered for the team that is arch-rivals for India in the game. In the tweets, the angry netizens asked why Sania Mirza doesn't come to watch India matches but reaches to see Pakistan matches. Sani was called a traitor by a few fans.

The netizens also sought the cancelation of Sania Mirza's citizenship as she supports Pakistan. They even tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the tweets to cancel her citizenship. Sania Mirza was subjected to criticism for supporting Pakistan in various instances. She had begun to face criticism ever since she announced her marriage to Pakistani player Shoaib Malik. The couple was blessed with a son. They named him Izhaan Mirza Malik.