A part of any sport team's captain's job is to field questions during press conferences. Indian women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj, who's leading Team India in the ICC Women's World Cup 2017 being held in England, had her share of the same in the pre-event dinner on Wednesday. Among those questions was one patronizing one, which asked the Indian skipper who her favourite male cricketer was. Her response has drawn applause and approval from various quarters.
"Do you ask the same question to a male cricketer?" Mithali shot back.
"Do you ask them who their favourite female cricketer is?"
"I have always been asked who's your favourite cricketer but you should ask them who their favourite female cricketer is," Mithali shot back at the reporter in question.
Her response got a lot of applause on social media and among those was Adam Collins, a cricket writer associated with many media houses.
Mithali is the second highest run-getter in one-day internationals in women's cricket with an overall tally of 5781 runs in 177 matches at an astonishing average of 52.08. She has five centuries and forty six half-centuries to her name.
The Indian captain is expected to go past the all time highest aggregate of 5992 runs, held by former England captain Charlotte Edwards, during the tournament, which begins on Saturday.