Cheerleaders are an element of sport that was not familiar with cricket anywhere. Then, where did it have to start with, in India of course of all places, the Mecca of the sport in a manner of speaking. With the advent of IPL (Indian Premiere League), cheerleaders became a trending topic on the vines and to make things sour eventually, the ugly bunch of nails behind the beautiful portrait were discovered.
1. The Reddit AMA Tell-all
Mouths began to gossip and debate rapidly when in an AMA-Ask Me Anything by Reddit, one of the cheerleaders anonymously confessed things the general public didn’t know about cheerleaders in IPL and the harassment they have had to face in their tenure. It is a given that the cheerleaders are given attention beyond just a celebratory troupe and it not of the complimentary kind.
Not only are they constantly subjected to gawks and taunts, which is again a given, they are also made audience to lewd remarks and in a disgusting revelation still, the spectators chuck objects at them such as empty bottles and packets, all in the vicinity of the cops who are stationed near the boundary and steel barricade.
The AMA reveals that ogling and harassment are a daily routine that these cheerleaders have to face. When asked about “how often do you get ogled on stadium while dancing (sic)” she said, “All the time. I hate it.”
