Sania Mirza and Amitabh Bachchan to support cricketer Mitali Raj

New Delhi, June 24: Mithali Raj, captain of Indian women's cricket team, who raised the issue of gender discrimination on a question asked by herself on Friday, has now joined the Indian tennis legend, Sania Mirza.

Sania Mirza has praised Mitali and encouraged her on the social media. In fact, on Friday, a journalist questioned Mithali Raj, "Who is your favorite male cricketer", Mithali replied, "Will you ask the same question to a male cricketer ...? Will you ask them, who is their favorite female cricketer ...? Mithali further said on the question that he is often asked this question, while it should be asked who is the favorite female cricketer.

Mithali's response to this is being appreciated very much. Sania tweeted, "Mithali Raj, killed ... well done."



Not only Sania Mirza but many players including badminton player Jwala Gutta have praised Mithali's response.

Superstar Amitabh Bachchan also did not stop himself from praising Mitali's response and his direct attitudes towards gender inequality.

Let the Indian women cricket team start the World Cup campaign against hosts England on Saturday. The Indian team made the final in 2005 only once in the World Cup where they defeated Australia. At that time, the team captain was Mitali Raj and this time the command of the team is in his hands.

Mithali's team is in excellent form this time. The team had performed well in the quadrangular series in South Africa recently. Earlier, She had won the World Cup qualifier tournament.