ICC Women’s World T20: Mithali Raj Blames Ramesh Powar of ‘Bias’, Twitter Lashes Out at Coach, Diana Edulji

The passionate cricketer also mentioned how she was disheartened as India lost a golden opportunity of winning a World Cup. Well, are we a country with such petty people who do not think nation first. This surely is not the way to treat a legend.

ICC Women’s World T20: Is this the way to treat a legend like Mithali Raj? Well, Mithali Raj was surprisingly dropped from the Indian team for the semi-finals against England and their unbeaten run came to an end. It is strange to understand why she was dropped, then, as she had just played a couple of match-winning knocks which also meant she bagged the player of the matches awards. She was in red-hot form, then why was she dropped? This question baffled every Indian cricket fan, the decision was bashed on social media, but no one exactly knew what had happened. Finally, the 35-year-old decided to break the silence in a letter she wrote to the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI).

In the letter, she mentioned how she was neglected and coach Ramesh Powar was biased towards her ever since the squad landed in West Indies. Mithali also went on to blame Diana Edulji of discrimination. She also mentioned how Powar misused his position to humiliate her. For example, when the batters were having a knock in the nets, Powar watched carefully, but when Mithali came to bat in the nets, he walked away. She felt humiliated but did not lose her cool.

Here is how fans lost their cool after Mithali made the revelations.

.@M_Raj03 was told by the coach at the time of the toss that she isn’t playing the Semi Final. No wonder India lost. If this is the kind of politics that’s on there is little doubt Indian women’s cricket will be on a downward spiral. And the COA led by Vinod Rai is quiet.

— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) November 27, 2018

How can BCCI SELECTS FAILED CRICKETERS AS COACHES ….. Useless selectors and board members…: cricket is a religion in India, hope Mithali gets justice

— Sripelli (@rSripelli) November 27, 2018

He’s messing with the wrong girl. She won’t leave this lying down. She has done a lot to raise profile of women’s cricket. For that alone, she has earned respect. She deserves to be treated with dignity. I’m South African and I respect her immensely.

— Richardson Mzaidume (@hlubizer) November 27, 2018

And we saw what the current team did at last after @M_Raj03 was dropped. This looks like a ego tussle of a coach with a senior star player. That guy Romesh Powar should be kicked out of the coach post ,for putting his dirty tricks above the national team’s interests.

— Ajai (@ajai_cs) November 27, 2018

@imrameshpowar Coz of people like you who comes in as unfit players and later become the head coach of National Team of Womrn’s Cricket, all by the power of politics. Individuals and the whole country suffers. This loss of semi final is on you and we want justice for @M_Raj03

— Ankur Anand (@tuneankur) November 27, 2018

A legend like her doesn’t deserve to be treated like that 🙏 such a shame on the part of management who dent country’s chance for settling their own ego👎

— Wandering introvert (@Nik_Mahendran) November 27, 2018

A legend is being humiliated by someone who had no credentials at all…such people should be sacked and banned from all such posts..players like mithali raj deserves “respect”

— Abhishek Yadav (@Abhishe52209311) November 27, 2018

Undeserving individuals given enhanced status like coach by lobbying are bound to create problems. Powar ?? Who??? How many ODI runs??? Mumbai Lobby is it??

— neelen (@dampu) November 27, 2018

Coach should be removed as soon as possible otherwise he will destroy our women cricket team. @BCCIWomen take stringent action .🙏🙏

— Ashutosh kumar Chaudhary (@ashutosh_chaud) November 27, 2018

The passionate cricketer also mentioned how she was disheartened as India lost a golden opportunity of winning a World Cup. Well, are we a country with such petty people who do not think nation first. This surely is not the way to treat a legend.