Sania Mirza justifies husband Shoaib Malik’s ‘outing’ hours before match with India

Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, who is also the wife of Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, has justified her husband's and fellow Pakistani cricket players for going out for shisha and dinner before the big game with India on Sunday.

Their outing, which was just before the crucial match against arch-rivals, has sparked anger among Pakistani fans, which is more so aimed at Shoaib who was dismissed for a duck on the first ball he faced.

The video from their outing to a restaurant has went viral, which shows Malik along with his wife Sania and other Pakistani cricketers Wahab Riaz and Imam-ul Haq, at a Shisha café.

Shoaib Malik with other team players was smoking Sheesha on Wilmslow Road, Manchester, on Sunday morning - 7 hours before the start of match against India 🙄#IndiaVsPakistan #PAKvsIND @TheRealPCB @hansbadvi pic.twitter.com/o8MekodEc0

— Abdul QaDeer (@abdul099) June 16, 2019

Some were also blaming Sania for Shoaib’s poor performance. Reacting to all the negativity, Sania took to Twitter to slam trolls, who have been criticising Pakistan team for partying rather than practising ahead of crucial match with arch rival India.

“That’s the video you shot without asking us, disrespecting our privacy even though we had a child with us? Outing was dinner and yes people are allowed to eat if they lose a match! Bunch of fools,” she wrote.

😂That’s the video you shot without asking us,disrespecting our privacy even though we had a child with us?& got told off for doing so,& u came up with this crap?FYI ‘outing’ was dinner & yes ppl are allowed to eat if they lose a match!Bunch of fools!Try better content nxt time😂 https://t.co/51gnkMWUYu

— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) June 15, 2019