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Veena Malik is firing shots at Sania Mirza and it's not okay

Veena Malik is firing shots at Sania Mirza and it's not okay

Veena Malik found a way to blame Sania Mirza for the Pakistani cricket team's performance. Um, what?
18 Jun, 2019

Pakistani star Veena Malik and tennis player Sania Mirza have had a falling out on Twitter.

It started with Sania explaining the widely circulating video of members of the Pakistani team sitting at a sheesha bar, which some claim to be hours before the match, while others say it was from the day before. Irrespective, people's grievances were that the team took the match lightly and were ill-prepared for it.

"That’s the video you shot without asking us, disrespecting our privacy even though we had a child with us? And got told off for doing so and you came up with this crap? FYI ‘outing’ was dinner and yes people are allowed to eat if they lose a match! Bunch of fools! Try better content next time," Sania posted on Twitter following the video's release.

Veena Malik jumped in and responded to the tweet showing concern for Sania's baby and the cricket team's health. "Sania, I am actually so worried for the kid. You guys took him to a sheesha place isn't it hazardous? Also as far as I know Archie's is all about junk food which isn't good for athletes/boys. You must know well as you are mother and athlete yourself?"

The tweet led to a clash between the two and Sania pointed out that she doesn't need parenting tips from the actor nor is she the Pakistani cricket team's mother or caregiver.

In other words, she told Veena to mind her own business. "Veena, I have not taken my kid to a sheesha place. Not that it’s any of your or the rest of the world’s business 'cause I think I care about my son a lot more than anyone else does :) Secondly I am not the Pakistan cricket team’s dietitian nor am I their mother or principal or teacher."

And though the conversation should've ended there, Veena decided to take another jibe at the tennis star by insinuating that an adult like Shoaib Malik cannot take care of his own health and needs his wife to look after him.

"Great to hear that you didn't take your kid there. Oh did I mentioned you are a dietitian or mother of the Pak team? I said you are an athlete and you must know how much fitness is important for athletes. Also aren't you a wife of cricketer? You should take care of his well being," she posted.

A deleted tweet later, Sania Mirza chose not to respond to her. But it's baffling that someone like Veena who faced a pretty torrid time during her career in the entertainment industry is out to make another woman look bad, as a mother and wife.

Also, why is it that women are always at the centre of blame for men's shortcomings? In the past Anushka Sharma was labelled as bad luck for the Indian team and unfairly targeted for the team performing poorly and now Sania Mirza is being pegged as a bad wife/athlete for not looking after her husband's or the cricket team's health before the match... doesn't the team pay a coach for that?

Something to think about.

Comments

prasannan Jun 18, 2019 02:12pm
Thank you sania , You are the lucky star of Indian cricket team
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IMTIAZ Jun 18, 2019 02:27pm
PCB has clarified that the video is two days old and that players had a family outing with management permission. It's just that we become overemotional losing to India after media hype.
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Sabir Punjabi Jun 18, 2019 02:42pm
People forgot pakistan trashed India in ICC 2017CT final by 180 a recorded in ICC final. This was just a rain affected match where India played 50 overs and Pakistan played 40 overs to chase 302 runs.
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Tariq Jun 18, 2019 02:54pm
Privacy means your home. Its an open place and anybody can shot video as it is not in body control now a days. It was pretty indecent of Sania Mirza who is not spoke person of Team Pakistan. Her capacity is that she is a wife of a Pakistani cricketer who own performance on field in question. If somebody opt to loose in ashamed manner must take the criticism whole hearty.
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VeenaMalik Jun 18, 2019 03:14pm
What about rest of the tweets where she stopped so low. You won't mention that?
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SAB Jun 18, 2019 03:23pm
We need to grow up. India right now is a much better team. And it won. VM should not poke in others' personal lives.
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Tahir Raouf Jun 18, 2019 03:26pm
Veena is comparing herself with Sania tennis star,?
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Zak Jun 18, 2019 03:26pm
Two lines from Sania would have suffice, "please respect our family privacy and it was 2 days before the match". That would have been more respectful.
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AsIf jamil Jun 18, 2019 03:32pm
Saina is a world class tennis player and wife of our Shoaib Malik. I think, Veena Malik should not have involved herself in this, maybe she did it to get some publicity for herself. Although I am a Pakistani I don’t know who the lady is!
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tQ Jun 18, 2019 03:44pm
Sania Mirza, you are a true star, plz ignore ms malik.
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Isac Jun 18, 2019 03:46pm
Come on all grow up! It was just a game isn't it? Media is hyping both sides that's why it is called entertainment industry.
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Asif Jun 18, 2019 03:47pm
The toppers should consider the proposals of Ramiz Raja for revamping the structure. We need players of sound Character, a proper & mitature Representation. Victor's Cup is 2ndry in nature. We need Majid Khan type of Chracters in the Pakistan Team
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Ragu Jun 18, 2019 03:51pm
I love and respect Pakistani cricket players no mater what; grew up watching them play great and win great; rewards can change based on victories, but respect must always remain. not all teams will win all the time. I can never bring myself to insult players. My Pakistani brothers and sisters represent a great sporting nation, and I am sure they will agree with me.
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Shahryar Shirazi Jun 18, 2019 04:34pm
The mighty players of our team in the 90s would party until 4am and then win the match the next morning
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Shak Jun 18, 2019 04:58pm
1 day, 2 day or 3 days before is the same offence. Ask anyone who works hard in school/college, they lock themselves in and deprive themselves of all outings and social events at least a month before the final exams. Which is why they top and are considered the best. These players are playing for themselves and not the country.
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Aleem Jun 18, 2019 05:01pm
@IMTIAZ ask Imran Khan and Wasim Akram and that lot who were champions and they will tell you not to eat junk and seems ok with the fans. It has nothing to do with Indian match , Wasim Akram criticise Pakistani team for Biryani at the start of the year. Sportsmen have a set diet and you don't deviate from that otherwise you become what Pakistnai fitness standards are now
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Pradeep Jun 18, 2019 05:10pm
Saw enough of Veena Malik in BigBoss! It's great that Sania put her in her place. This patriarchy is suffocating.
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kaly Jun 18, 2019 05:13pm
Pakistanis should focus on improving the game rather than nonsense social posting...
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Safdari H Mir Jun 18, 2019 06:00pm
We lost because of some players a night before parting with the Family, the Family members should be kept away before any match. Also why out of form batsman is selected for an important match, who ever select the team should realize that, it makes a bad name for the country.
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nam Jun 18, 2019 06:34pm
Lovely conversation, b/w good individuals
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Life Jun 18, 2019 06:37pm
Comment on the skills and reasons for loosing the game. Don't venture in the personal lives of the cricketers.
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Abraham D Haque Jun 18, 2019 06:41pm
@IMTIAZ mostly it is none of our business if the players go out but then again mullahs have taught Pakistanis to poke our noses where they don't belong
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Shahid - Denmark Jun 18, 2019 06:42pm
Sania was a secret agent of BCCI who poisoned Shoaib Malik with burgers and chips for two days before the match. She even invited our other players to a sheesha party and fed our captain with lassi (a yoghurt drink). The result was evident on the field where Sarfraz was sleeping behind the wickets, sheesha smoker bowlers couldn't put their feet right and huby man Shoaib was unable to even spot the white ball.
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Indian2939 Jun 18, 2019 06:53pm
Let it go people. today its Pakistan and tomorrow it could be India..take it sportive...we can do better than this...come on...
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zak Jun 18, 2019 06:59pm
i fully support Veena Malik. What Sania is doing with her husband before the match ? PCB should take action against Shoaib Malik.
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Rajeev Chadha Jun 18, 2019 07:03pm
It is wrong to demonize any one for losing.One team has to lose.Wrong to trouble any one
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Prapur Jun 18, 2019 07:16pm
Sania still plays Tennis as Indian team member in international tournament. Didn’t take Pakistan’s citizenship even after marriage and prefers to live in Dubai. That speaks for itself. Her child is neither Pakistan nor Indian citizen, named Mirza Malik.
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Farhan saeed Jun 18, 2019 07:27pm
Shoaib malik must be out from team due to very bad performance.
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dipak singham Jun 18, 2019 07:44pm
Who is this women ? Where from she came?
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Bhaarteey Jun 18, 2019 07:52pm
Proud of Sania and Veena. One is good before the game and another one is entertaining after the match.
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Bhaijan Jun 18, 2019 07:56pm
Sania please keep away from Veena, she’s a well experienced celebrity and smart enough to checkmate you through her clever arguments. Asking Veena to mind her own business is too offensive, and again she’ll stretch the twitter ordeal. Better keep mum and no reply.
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Javed khan Jun 18, 2019 07:57pm
I don’t know why people are bringing in Sania in this whole episode. She is wife of cricketer and she has nothing to do with pakistan cricket team. Can you just let her live please .
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Gautham Jun 18, 2019 08:25pm
Veena has no class and no accomplishments. She is neither a sportsperson, nor a sports commentator. She is an entertainer and all her views are from that basis. She needs to keep calm and focus on her own career if there is one. Sania needs no intros, no proof of her accomplishments or the love she gets in her own country for her own strengths. She is a brand ambassador of a State in India. So, Veena can chill out and dream of good things for herself.
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Ss Jun 18, 2019 08:53pm
@VeenaMalik so true.
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Moth Jun 18, 2019 09:01pm
"If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost."
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Anon Jun 18, 2019 09:18pm
@zak Please read the Article. The Players went out with the permission of the management.
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Bilour Jun 18, 2019 09:19pm
who cares ?
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Moth Jun 18, 2019 09:22pm
Sania bouncing back big time.
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Ashok De, Calgary Jun 18, 2019 09:58pm
@tQ, Sania you are a Lucky Lady for India. What you did was your decision and no body has any authority to comment on it. Veena, who, yes the disqualified lady from BW. Leave her. Ashok, Canada
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Shibu Jun 18, 2019 10:18pm
Veena has no business to find fault with our Sania, the pride of India.
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RationalBabu Jun 18, 2019 10:19pm
@Prapur, it’s their choice, how does it concern you?
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Dheeraj Jun 18, 2019 10:32pm
@dipak singham Which one you are talking about?
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Umar Jun 18, 2019 11:37pm
In this exchange i fully support and agree with Veena Malik
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Abraham D Haque Jun 18, 2019 11:39pm
@Gautham thank you
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sk Jun 18, 2019 11:39pm
@Ragu Thanks
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Abraham D Haque Jun 18, 2019 11:41pm
@zak ask her husband
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A.Khan Jun 19, 2019 01:21am
Pakistan always lost to India in World Cup. Even in 1992 which we eventually won. So all players from Imran Khan, Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younus, Inzimamul Haq, whoever appeared for Pakistan in world cup is in same boat. Shoaib Malik is considered to be one of the fittest cricketer of Pakistan which is evident from his fielding. If he is should not be selected then board and selectors are responsible for that.
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Pervez Jun 19, 2019 01:46am
@AsIf jamil she is nobody
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Sri Jun 19, 2019 05:25am
Why us it Sanias responsibility to "take care" of husbands diet. He is a grown man and had played intl sport for 15 y. In fact both have. I think such statements devalue the import of the statements.
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Abdullah Jun 19, 2019 05:35am
If is better if Shoaib Malik married Veena Malik. She seems more concerned about his diet and Pakistan cricket team.
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Arshy Jun 19, 2019 06:31am
@Tahir Raouf what do you mean ? She’s not making any comparisons ... I think Sania is being overly sensitive !! Her husband Shoaib Malik performed incredibly poor !!!! Why wasn’t he ready for the GAME !!!!
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Adnan Shah Jun 19, 2019 06:36am
@IMTIAZ even if it was a day before. It was bad prep. The players would have lost time making up lost sleep the day before the match. V poor discipline by team and pcb.
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Haree Jun 19, 2019 08:32am
Her point of not taking a kid to a sheesha place was more than valid and Mrs. shoaib should hav kept her cool.
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Alijimmyarbab Jun 19, 2019 08:34am
Senseless Veena
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Ali (CA) Jun 19, 2019 08:40am
it was sania who tweeted before the game, it was sania who took the kid to Sheesha bar and it was sania who showed dislike regarding the video. Celebrities videos are shared and some advise by veena aint so bad.
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siraj ahmad Jun 19, 2019 09:22am
PCB should not allow cricketers' families with them during tournaments.
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Anwar Siddiq Jun 19, 2019 09:33am
I am really looking forward to Pak - Afghanistan match up. 70-30 Afghanistan Or if Imam. Shoaib Malik. Hafeez and Wahab Riaz are in the playing eleven 90-10 Afghanistan
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Sharif Ahmed Jun 19, 2019 09:33am
Sania should have ignored Veena as she is not at her level.
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Ali Sabir Jun 19, 2019 09:52am
They are not athletes. They should have been in a gym lifting weights.
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Thiruvengadathan S Jun 19, 2019 10:24am
@Aleem it is not proper to dictate players on their diet. It is just like fact finding in a disaster. The above will not at all come to discussion if the team is winning.
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Zafarov Jun 19, 2019 03:14pm
No one under 17 is allowed in a sheesha bar. If the owners violate this, they would lose their licence.
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Right Voice Jun 19, 2019 08:53pm
@Prapur What do you mean child isn't Indian. Child was born in India and holds Indian citizenship.
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Laila Jun 19, 2019 09:49pm
I don't like Sania. Mainly because of what Shoals did to his former wife andrefused to acknowledge their Noah because he had hooked up with Sania. That's not a nice thing to do. That said Veena should not lecture another parent on raising their kids. It's not like they were giving their child shisha or forcing junk food into them. They were having a night out. Family time. Veena is very active on Instagram. She also does lots of things which I could point out both with her kids and husband. I don't. It's her life so live it and let other live theirs. Also don't lecture somebody in English if you don't fully grasp the language yourself. Her tweets are riddled with mistakes.
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Waqar Khan Jun 20, 2019 01:21am
There is no Privacy is you out in Public places. Esp if you are a celebrity political or public servant. If the eyes could see it whats wrong to capture it with a camera? If course unless it's a private place and there is no camera allowed
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Kav Jun 20, 2019 03:01am
ummm..Veena - please learn English before making public posts in English. Or else, please use another language that you do know. It's hazardous, not hazard 'i' ous
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Mitzvah Jun 20, 2019 09:18am
If Sania says that the video was shot without permission even though she had a child with her, then obviously she is admitting that the child was in the sheesha bar. Like an Indian wife, she should take care of her husbands diet and habits. But she like a true Indian patriot kept the bigger picture in mind about the upcoming match. Well done Sania, true Indian.
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Mitzvah Jun 20, 2019 09:24am
Agree with Veena. She should remember that Sania the Indian athlete is fitter than Pakistan cricketers. Sania the Indian athlete should not have taken her Indian born, Indian citizen infant son to a sheesha place and jeopardized his health. But at the same time may be her Indian patriotism took over and she played a small role in India's victory.
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Subroto Jun 20, 2019 05:28pm
Warranty of Now Veena is expired so she is making such statement to be in focus and lime light. Let her make
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Mujeeb Jun 21, 2019 05:30pm
Whatever it takes to stay in the news. Veena should mind her own business. She is not exactly a role model to criticize others, especially the likes of Sania and Shoaib. Ridiculous ...
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Mujeeb Jun 21, 2019 05:31pm
@Tariq huh!?
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