Sania Mirza questions why wives get blamed for players’ bad performances

Tennis champ Sania Mirza has earned a number of feathers in her cap, but despite the feats, the athlete bears the brunt for subpar performances of her cricketer husband Shoaib Malik.

During the India Economic Summit in Mumbai on Tuesday, the six-time Grand Slam winner shed light on the wrongful ways in which wives and girlfriends of athletes have to carry the blame for being distractions for their partners in cases of poor performances.

"Anushka Sharma is blamed if Virat makes a zero, like what does that have anything to do with anything. It makes no sense,” she said.

"Many times, including our cricket team and in many teams I have seen that wives or girlfriends are not allowed on tour because the boys will be distracted," she continued, adding: “What does that mean? What is it that the women are doing that is going to distract the men so much?"

Mirza is planning her big comeback in January 2020 after giving birth to her son Izhaan last year.