Former Pakistan women’s cricket captain Sana Mir has strongly responded to those criticizing the Pakistan Women’s Cricket Team after their exit from the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026.
Sana Mir shared a video on social media platform X, where she expressed anger over the gender-based criticism directed at Pakistan’s women cricketers. She admitted that the team did not perform according to expectations, but emphasized that it took years to convince people that Pakistani girls are highly talented and capable of upsetting stronger teams.
She highlighted that the women’s team has won several important matches in major tournaments, claimed series victories, and proved themselves by performing in different conditions over the years.
Sana Mir said she has consistently raised concerns about issues related to infrastructure, player contracts, and domestic cricket, and will continue doing so in the future. However, she stressed that before anything else, society’s mindset toward women cricketers needs to change.
She said she was deeply hurt by the kind of language people use when talking about female athletes and questioned why society tries so hard to damage their confidence. According to her, unless this mentality changes, progress at a bigger level will remain difficult.
The former captain further pointed out that women players are being unfairly targeted based on gender, asking whether Pakistan’s men’s cricket team has never lost a World Cup or never performed poorly. She also questioned whether any female cricketer has ever insulted a male cricketer in the same disrespectful manner.
Sana Mir added that there is a proper way to criticize athletes, and reminded people that women cricketers also represent the country, are capable individuals, and have already proven their talent on many occasions.
She also condemned the creation of fake AI-generated videos targeting female players, saying that such behavior suppresses young women in sports. She ended by urging people to criticize for improvement, not to humiliate or discourage female athletes.
