On Thursday (August 8), a video of Saina Nehwal, the former world no. 1 badminton player, became viral on social media. She discussed about how Olympic sports is being given less importance especially compared to Cricket. She emphasized on Olympics which need more physical preparation than cricket, are becoming more and more popular.

Saina Nehwal’s response on facing Jasprit Bumrah

During on Shubhankar Mishra‘s podcast, Saina spoke about the importance given to cricket should be equally justified with other sports too. The smasher stated about the lack of academies to other sports as compared to cricket. She further said if the athletes may get best facilities then surely there will be promotion of sports as well participation from youth.

Nehwal also mentioned about salary issues that the players from other sports are not being paid highly on comparison with other nation players like Australians are being paid. The medical facility is also another reason which is given the best treatment in cricket.

Saina earlier also criticised the system for not promoting other sports as cricket during  podcast of Nikhil Vijayendra Simha after which the Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) rising cricketer Angkrish Raghuvanshi stated aggressive comment on Saina  facing of Jasprit Bumrah’s bouncer on head. Responding to KKR’s player, Saina replied, that nobody wants to face the deadly bouncer of Jasprit Bumrah why would she face it. Every sports personality has speciality in his/her sports, maybe Bumrah won’t be able to face her smash of 300km/hr.

“Few were saying I cannot survive Jasprit Bumrah’s bowling. Why would I face him anyway, I love my life. Also if Bumrah plays Badminton with me, he might not be able to survive my smash,” said Nehwal.

Saina Nehwal talking about facing Bumrah and facilities in cricket. pic.twitter.com/qnSfrpJpSj

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) August 8, 2024

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Bumrah’s recent performance for Team India

Notably, Bumrah has been granted an extended break following his successful performance in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, where he was named Player of the Tournament in the recent concluded marquee event. He earned this accolade by taking 15 wickets throughout the tournament, showcasing his exceptional bowling skills and playing a crucial role in his team’s success.  As part of his recovery and rest period, Bumrah missed the five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe and was also sidelined for the white-ball tour of Sri Lanka.

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