"The Question to be pondered over "

     "Do you ask a male cricketer who their favourite female player is? " - Mithali Raj
 
 


   23 June,  2017

          " The Question to be pondered over "
                                          - G M K


         When Mithali Dorai Raj of Rajasthan was recently asked who her favourite male cricketer was her prompt reply was "Do you ask the same question to a male cricketer ? Do you ask them who their favourite female cricketer is ? " The question sounded outrageous and the query is testimony to the lack of popularity of women's cricket in India.
              
     
     The Captain of Indian Women Cricket team, Mithali Raj become the first female cricketer to surpass 6000 runs in ODIs. She was the first to score seven consecutive half centuries in One day Internationals. She echoes the discrimination faced by women in the society.  The question echoes, the real picture of gender equality, it resonates the fact that women cricketers are deprived of the publicity got to a male cricketer ....

        It is a grim reality that there is a huge disparity in terms of payment. An 'A' Grade Cricketer of Women Cricket gets less than one-third of 'C' Grade Men's Cricketer.(₹ 15 lakh against 50 lakhs). Moreover Women's Cricket lacks regular television coverage. There is no brand promotion. Despite of all, Women's Cricket is a long way off what women 's tennis or badminton have achieved so far..

        Men and women should be treated equal.. Women are the embodiments of love , sacrifice, humility and devotion. They should be treated with paramount respect. It is our prime responsibility to encourage the talented women players and can scale the heights of success in the aforementioned....