{"id":2673,"date":"2016-03-28T04:42:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-27T23:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=2673"},"modified":"2026-07-17T20:09:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:39:45","slug":"ipl-women-wags-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=2673","title":{"rendered":"You\u2019ve Seen the Men, But Who Are the Women of IPL?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"container page-content\"><p><span class=\"dropcap\">A<\/span><\/p><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cross the pavilion end of the cricket field is the Broadcast Control Room or the BCR \u2013 the hub, the nerve centre. If the 40,000-capacity crowd forms the heart of the spectacle that is a cricket game, then the BCR is the brain. The men seated in this cramped, overcrowded space, control how millions view a single game on television. And among all the men, you\u2019ll usually find a woman, every strand of hair in place, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pov\/india-puberty-make-up-foundation-bronzer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">make-up<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on point, impeccably dressed in an outfit guaranteed to draw attention. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She watches the many screens in front of her, while simultaneously jotting down pointers on the tablet on her lap. \u201cWe\u2019ve asked for Paul Burns after the game,\u201d her producer tells her, \u201cshould definitely talk to him about the niggle that he had during the season, his opening stand, and the rapport he shares with Naman Sharma\u2026\u201d The well-dressed woman nods and chips in, \u201cPlaying under Viraj Malhotra and his captaincy, they were teammates last year in the other franchise too right?\u201d Yes, the producer tells her, \u201cAnd of course, ask him about support from his family, his wife\u2026\u201d<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/sports\/ipl-mumbai-wankhede-stadium-cricket-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian Premier League<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a melting pot where high-profile cricketers, dreamy-eyed teenage sensations, anxious team owners, overzealous broadcasters, and glamorous WAGs \u2013 wives and girlfriends of the players \u2013 congregate annually to celebrate a sport consumed by millions. It\u2019s an arena dominated by men, from players, to the support staff, on-ground volunteers, to broadcasters and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pov\/cricket-commentary-india-australia-ranchi-test-ravi-shastri-virat-kohli\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cexpert panel\u201d of commentators<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this testosterone-filled environment, the women stand out. Especially since there aren\u2019t too many of us. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few women commentators were introduced in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/series\/fitoor-mishra\/ipl-2018-fitoor-mishra-cricket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IPL<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about a couple of seasons ago. I can count the number of female producers, presenters, production managers, and crew members on my fingers. Each travelling crew barely has five women, out of around 50 that include the director, commentary producer, vision mixer, and camera persons. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scrutiny though, is the closest on the women who interact with cricketers. A scrutiny I\u2019m only all too familiar with, having been a sports journalist for more than a decade.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But first, the WAGs. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the distant viewer, sitting in front of a screen at home, the life of a cricketer\u2019s partner can appear to be charmed \u2013 pampered in the best hotels, with nothing much to do except plan their outfit for a match and cheer for the team. Few realise just how difficult it is to be a cricketer\u2019s partner off the field.<\/span>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-35289\" src=\"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1528362756-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"407\" \/>\n<figcaption><p>The wives are the players&#8217; safety net \u2013 the one person the cricketer comes back to after a terrible or terrific day on the field.<\/p><p>\nGetty Images<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the decade that I have spent on the field, it\u2019s easy to see that the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/tumhari-sulu-movie-review-vidya-balan-manav-kaul-indian-housewives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wives<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have it the toughest. For almost all of them, it\u2019s always been him before her: his needs, his career, his time. But the wives do it. They are the player\u2019s safety net \u2013 the one person the cricketer comes back to after a terrible or terrific day on the field. Some cricketers do not want to even meet their girlfriends or wives the night before a big game; others ensure their wives sleep in adjacent rooms to get their own <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pov\/indians-personal-space-privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">space<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the night after a win, an area in the hotel pub is usually cordoned off for the players to unwind. Drinks flow, shots are made, the DJ dedicates tracks to the players, and the bodyguards try their best to keep the crowd from getting too close. More often than not, the partners are absent at these parties \u2013 most of them end up staying indoors, gathering in one of the rooms. There is enough post-match chatter to go around and keep them all up for hours. And then there are the kids to manage. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve always wondered, how do they do it? How do the partners take all of this in \u2013 the adulation, fans throwing themselves at the cricketer, always playing second fiddle to the sport her man fell in love with first? <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The proximity to the sport also means she is acutely aware of who her partner\u2019s best friends are. I remember watching a match with one of the fianc\u00e9es. It was a tense game and her partner was batting. His teammate from the national side was the captain of the opposite team. He struck the ball and the skipper was running across to cut it off. She excitedly touched my arm and whispered, \u201cHe will not throw to my man\u2019s end because he knows he is struggling with the hamstring and doesn\u2019t want to injure him by pushing him to make a dive.\u201d And that is exactly what happened \u2013 the ball was thrown over to the other end where the batsman was comfortably home.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are wives who might not know the game very well, but know their husbands best. I remember this time, when I was seated next to the wife of a very popular foreign player. He was suffering from a very bad back, yet had taken <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/vice\/elderly-addiction-pills-combiflam-hospitals-painkillers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">painkillers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to play for his team. There was an instance when a ball was struck toward him and she immediately whispered to me that he wouldn\u2019t dive to stop that one. And he did not. When the ball was struck high in the air, she excitedly told me he\u2019d go for it. He did, taking an astounding catch on the ropes.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the other end of this spectrum are the women anchors and producers: The sport doesn\u2019t form the heart of the matter for them as much as the head of it. <\/span>\n\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\"><p>There is always that constant, nagging reiteration that you are, after all, a woman involved in a sport that is largely dominated by men.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our careers are driven by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/sports\/cricket-virat-kohli-ms-dhoni-stress-fatigue-test-south-africa-sri-lanka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cricket<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the level of trust and comfort we can achieve with the player. If the cricketer bares his heart to his partner off the field, he bares his mind to some of us producers \u2013 but trusts only a few. It\u2019s tough work, especially when you are new on the scene, and have to abide by the unspoken rules of the professional world. You have to deflect the low-key <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/gender\/harvey-weinstein-me-too-sexual-assault-rape-women-safety-office-environment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sexual harassment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 the flirtatious advances, late-night calls in your hotel room, WhatsApp messages \u2013 to stay in the game. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If a woman journalist survives all this, there is a chance that over time, a bond will develop between her and the cricketer, who ends up sharing a lot of his fears about the game, his skills, and his career with the producer. She is, in a sense, his confidante too. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a delicate balance to maintain as with any form of reporting: Without the trust, no cricketer will open up to a journalist. But get too close, and it hampers your objectivity. When the tough questions come, some players fail to understand the difference between personal and professional relationships. We\u2019ve seen it all: From being told not to ask certain questions, to players stopping an interview mid-way and re-doing it (after making sure that the offending clip is deleted). <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And even then, no matter how hard she works, a woman journalist or producer isn\u2019t done fighting stereotypes. There is always that constant, nagging reiteration that you are, after all, a woman involved in a sport that is largely dominated by men. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/social-commentary\/indians-overworked-work-life-balance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">workload<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> remains just the same for us \u2013 a woman producer still needs to prep as hard as any male counterpart for the game a day prior. She spends hours shooting team practices and interviews, scripting, overseeing edits, building run orders for the shows, briefing her anchor and male colleagues in the Production Control Room who will be aiding her with graphics and visual inputs. Come match day, she\u2019s on top of things, instructing every member in the PCR on what is next and guiding the anchor through the show flow. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And it\u2019s never really good enough. There is a constant pressure to keep proving yourself. If I had a rupee for every time I\u2019ve been called arrogant just for taking charge or pulling up a male colleague in the PCR over an error, I\u2019d be a rich woman today. My male colleagues, on the other hand, are termed assertive for doing the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">exact same thing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I suppose there is no other way for us except to keep doing a lot more to reaffirm our rightful place in this sport. I know it\u2019s the same for those across the boundary lines too. Each of us women fighting a stereotype, working just as hard, to continue being a part of the gentleman\u2019s game.<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a testosterone-filled environment, the women of IPL stand out \u2013 anchors, journalists, producers, the wives and girlfriends of players. Everyone fights a stereotype. 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