'Kitchen Queens': Viral Post Trolling Indian Women's Cricket Team After Asia Cup Loss Gets a Thumbs Down

India’s quest for a Women’s Asia Cup title ended in heartbreak on Sunday as Sri Lanka executed a precise run-chase to secure their first-ever championship. For India, this was a bitter pill to swallow, marking only the second time they had fallen short in nine Women’s Asia Cup finals—the last being in 2018 against Bangladesh, who won by three wickets.

In the aftermath of the match, the Indian cricket community was abuzz with criticism. A particularly harsh tweet from @1no_aalsi_ went viral, referring to the Indian team as “Kitchen Queens” and questioning their performance: “Salary Indian men ke barabar chahiye par khelan Zimbabwe jesa hai.” This provoked a swift and fierce backlash from other cricket fans who were appalled by the insensitivity.

One retort read, “Men get sympathy on losing wc final and women get slanders on losing Asia cup ! No one called them “kitchen kings” after choking in almost every crucial match.” Another comment expressed, “This is so disrespectful to the effort of the entire team and support staff. Didn’t the men’s team lose in the world cup final last year.” A third voice chimed in, “One loss and all these so called fans will come and disrespect! If you can’t support our team in bad times you have no right to celebrate in good times! Losers.”

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And another user succinctly added, “This happened when you watch cricket without cricket knowledge. The opponent also has 11 player. They also play for nation. Btw FYI india woman has win 7 times asia cup out of total 9 asia cup. Kitchen queens really?”

On the field, Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and chose to bat first. India got off to a solid start but faced a tough challenge as Sri Lanka struck in the middle overs, dismissing Shafali Varma (16), Uma Chetry (9), and Harmanpreet (11). Despite valiant efforts from Smriti Mandhana (60 from 47), Jemimah Rodrigues (29), and Richa Ghosh (30 from 14), India could only post 165/6.

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When Sri Lanka began their chase, they suffered an early blow with Vishmi Gunaratne run out for 1. Yet, Sri Lankan captain Chamari Athapaththu, supported by Harshita Samarawickrama, anchored their innings. Despite a slow start, Sri Lanka accelerated with 16 runs in the sixth over and kept up the pressure. Even after losing Athapaththu (61 from 43) in the 12th over, Samarawickrama (69* from 51) and Kavisha Dilhari (30* from 16) steered their team to victory in the 19th over, clinching the title and delivering a tough lesson in resilience.