Times of Islamabad

Sania Mirza responds to severe criticism over Sheesha party with Shoaib Malik ahead of high voltage match against India

Sania Mirza responds to severe criticism over Sheesha party with Shoaib Malik ahead of high voltage match against India

MANCHESTER – Indian tennis star, Sania Mirza responds over severe criticismagainst Sheesha party with Shoaib Malik ahead of high voltage match againstIndia.

Mirza took a strong exception to the criticism directed at her for havingSheesha (hookah) alongside with husband Shoaib Malik ahead of the clashagainst Kohli XI, defending her move.

The wife of Pakistani player Shoaib Malik, defended her position on Twitterafter a video showing her alongside his husband went viral on the socialmedia.

The video showed Mirza and other Pakistani players in a café just hoursahead of the high-stakes encounter against India, raising questions overthe discipline followed by the cricketers.

However, Sania Mirza shrugged off the criticism while responding to aTwitterati.

Sania equated the shooting of the video with disrespecting the privacy.Terming the video ‘crap’, the tennis star contended that people eat even ifthey lose a match.

“Bunch of fools!Try better content nxt time,” the Indian player shared.

Pakistani fans lost temper after they saw the video showing players diningout at a cafe hours ahead of the match against India; Green Shirtsdisplayed a poor performance as they lost the encounter by 89 runs throughDLS method.

Shoaib Malik was sent back to the pavilion on the very first delivery,prompting experts to question his capacity as well as not giving dueattention to the game when it was most needed.