Mithali Raj shoots down troll for her 'late' Independence Day wish
Updated On: 17 August, 2018 07:04 PM IST | A Correspondent
An online user wrote: "Independence day over mam. As a celebrity this is not good." Mithali gave it back by saying: "I'm honoured that you think I'm a celebrity.
Mithali Raj
India's women cricket captain Mithali Raj gave a befitting reply to an online user who trolled her for wishing fellow Indians Independence Day a day late.
Yesterday, Mithali, who is captaining India Blue in the ongoing Women's T20 Challenger Trophy in Bangalore, wrote, "Wishing India, freedom from hunger, poverty, discrimination, sexism, abuse & greed. We have had 72 years to build ourselves in the manner we want to be defined. Are we close? Lives were lost so we could breathe free. Let's honour those sacrifices. Jai Hind."
To which, an online user replied: "Independence day over mam. As a celebrity this is not good." Mithali gave it back by saying: "I'm honoured that you think I'm a celebrity. I'm merely an athlete on national duty since 1999. We have the challengers trophy going on and I don't have the phone with me on the field or off it on match days. Hope that's a good enough reason for the delay? Happy Independence Day."
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