Star shuttlecock Saina Nehwal has defended herself against critics on social media who slammed her for saying she didn’t know javelin was thrown before. Neeraj Chopra’s Olympic victorySome of the trolls even called her the “Kangana Ranaut of Indian sports”. However, Saina Nehwal took this as a compliment and praised the actress, calling her beautiful.
Taking X, the shuttler wrote“Thanks for the compliment… Kangana is beautiful… but I had to be perfect in my sport and I proudly achieved world no.1 and Olympic medal in badminton for my country… again I will say this is easy and sports are difficult. Neeraj “He is our superstar and he made the sport so popular in India.”
While talking to Shubhankar Mishra In his podcast, the badminton player said, “When Neeraj won, that’s when I came to know that athletics also has this sport. You will only gain knowledge when you see it, right? If you don’t see it, how will you know? I didn’t know anything about javelin throw. Frankly, I didn’t know. Because athletics has so many sports. I came to know only when the results came, that’s when I knew.”
She then added, “I am sure people didn’t know anything about badminton. I didn’t know who Prakash Sir was… It’s not that you don’t want to know, but you are so busy in your own field, how much time can you spare for anything else? Otherwise, you will have to Google everything non-stop. If you are perfect in your own field, that is more than enough.”
Saina Nehwal on the cricket vs badminton debate
During the same podcastHe also said that cricket is riskier than badminton. However, the badminton star does not believe that people choose sports based on their level of danger. He also commented on how Jasprit Bumrah handles untrained deliveries. He said it was similar to how a cricketer handled a 300 kmph badminton spike.
“Why should I die facing Bumrah’s ball? I could have played well against him if I had played cricket since I was eight years old. If Bumrah plays badminton with me, he may not be able to control my 300 kmph shot,” the former No. 1 said.
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