Former India player turned commentator Aakash Chopra has praised the Indian women’s team for beating Australia and reaching the Women’s World Cup 2025 final as well. He slammed the keyboard warriors who trolled the team after their heartbreaking loss in the league game against England as well. Notably, India beat Australia by five wickets in the second semi-final of the Women’s World Cup 2025 in Navi Mumbai on Thursday, October 30 as well.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “One falls short of words at times. I have a question for the keyboard warriors. When we lost against England, I had put a tweet that it was heartbreaking, and actually the heart broke that day. That day, below that post, I saw many comments, which included memes and images where they were showing our Indian girls in the kitchen, saying that’s their job.”
“You can criticize, but don’t troll. Trolling is not okay. I am okay with you judging someone’s performance, but if you tell someone that they are not worthy of it, I would say they are worthy, you are worthless. I was taken aback. If I read that and felt bad, the Indian team would have also read that,” he further added.
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However, Aakash Chopra also stated that India didn’t get off to a good start after losing the in-form Smriti Mandhana’s wicket, before Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur managed to steady the ship.
“The opening partnership wasn’t good. Pratika Rawal wasn’t there and Shafali Verma didn’t fire. Smriti Mandhana got out down the leg side, and your heart broke, that it wouldn’t happen. Jemi was sent at No. 3, and then there was a partnership,” he said.
“When we lost the final in 2017, Jemi had gone to the airport to receive the team. She was dropped from the 2022 World Cup. She started this tournament with a duck. After that, she was dropped as well. She said she was crying throughout this tour. She was anxious. You are fighting yourself every day. Then she scores a century. She was there right till the end,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
