The left-handed stylish batsman of Indian women’s cricket team Smriti Mandhana is currently playing in the ongoing five-match T20I series in West Indies.
A photoshopped picture of her is going viral on the internet and her fans were furious about it. However, since she is not in India, she might not be aware of the buzz that it is creating.
Since ICC World Cup 2017, Mandhana has scored plenty of runs with her stylish batting, gaining several fans across the world. She has been declared as the national crush by social media because of her smile and good looks. However, this controversy was raised by one of the Twitter users named Chethana.
When she was searching for Smriti Mandhana on Google, she accidentally saw her photoshopped picture on a website. She also uploaded a collage and the original picture which was taken from one of her press conference’s footage. In the original image, Smriti Mandhana has been clicked without makeup, but in the photoshopped one, we can see her wearing kajal and lipstick.
Very soon, Twitterati expressed their disappointment over the beauty standards and elaborated a few points.
Here are the tweets:-
Strong comeback
After India lost a home series against South Africa. Smriti Mandhana made a strong comeback in West Indies. Unfortunately, she did not play in the first two ODIs. She made her entry in a decider match and scored an impressive knock of 63-ball 74 and remained the top scorer of the match.
As far as her photoshopped image controversy is concerned, the fans also expressed their disappointment and questioned the need to edit her picture.
Here is how the fans reacted: