It's Woman's world too

India is a country, which is obsessed with the word 'cricket'. We have a great team of eleven players who are not only number one in Test Cricket but also number one One-Day Cricket after snatching away the world cup two weeks back. It's quite obvious that I am talking about the men's cricket team, right? Who bother about the women's cricket team anyway?

But we have a women's cricket team also. This team may not be as glorious as the current men's team but it is somewhat more like the India men's cricket team of 10 years before. But who cares. No one really bothers about what Indian women's cricket team is doing. Neither their matches nor their achievements are covered by media; forget about them endorsing products. No one appreciates the fact that some girls are practicing hard and playing hard for the same country.

In a nation when we have such good women's cricket team, can anyone remember a good lady cricket commentator? Why is there women like Mandira Bedi, Rashmi Chopra or Mayanti Langer hosting the cricket shows? They dress in 'lucky' dresses on the matches when India is playing and talk about which cricketer looking handsome and romantic on the field. I remember during 2003 world cup Mandira Bedi used co-host the show and on the India matches she used to come dressed as a bride. Can't the organizer have the captain of Indian women's Cricket team to co-host the show? No. No one would that. The simple reason for that no one wants to see girls in that position. Girls should do only one thing - show off their skin and add on to the glamour of the show. Since there would be no lady cricketer coming on the show wearing a spaghetti strap blouse and talk absolute nonsense on the show, so get those blunt beauties.

On the top of that, you will see boys, the same boys who prefer to see a spaghetti-strapped-blouse-clad lady as the anchor than a real cricket player commenting on how girls have no understanding on cricket and how they should mind their chores at home than blabbering about cricket.

On one side when no girl of merit is allowed to show her merit because girls are just used as glam-substance, the boys are also blaming them for not having any merit! What a double standard.