The woman cooking in the kitchen, don’t tell me whose footwork is good: Sikandar Bakht

Like many other sports around the world, cricket is no longer dominated by men and now women are making their way from the cricket field to the commentary box and as analysts on TV.

Even many female commentators are associated with the International Cricket Council. Take the example of Allison Mitchell, who does commentary for the ICC, but despite all this, whether it’s former England captain Geoffrey Boycott or Shahid Afridi, there are few players who acknowledge the potential of women in sports. Let’s come.

Recently, something similar happened on a private TV channel in Pakistan when a discussion between a male and a female analyst regarding the performance of two players of the Pakistani cricket team went from the TV screen to the social media.

Former Test cricketer Sikandar Bakht became very angry and seemed confused by sports journalist and analyst Aaliya Rasheed in the above mentioned program when Mohammad Rizwan was praised.

And this matter had not yet cooled down that in yesterday’s program he targeted Alia Rasheed and analyst Sawira Pasha and said some phrases that started a discussion on the treatment and prejudice of women generalists in sports. done

After the comments of Alia and Sawira Pasha in the program, Sikandar Bakht said ‘those who have never caught a cricket ball, those who have never worn batting pads in their life, they will tell us what is footwork?’

Alia shared a clip of the program on social media and wrote, “I have been told today that my technical talk on cricket is a ‘crime’ because I am not a Test cricketer.” At the same time, he asked the question ‘Tell me what else should be discussed in the show about cricket?’ After this tweet of Alia, the question is circulating on Pakistani social media that who has the right to comment or analyze about cricket. And do female journalists and analysts associated with this game face biased attitudes even today? Or was Sikandar Bakht’s criticism just for analysts who cannot discuss the technical aspects of the game simply because he is not a former cricketer?