When the captain of the Indian women’s cricket team was banned for two matches and fined for smashing the stumps with her bat in an angry outburst in July, the social media reaction was swift and harsh: Harmanpreet Kaur was called “pathetic” for her anger on the pitch, and labelled “disgusting and stupid”.
This is in stark contrast to the response to male aggression in the sport. A quick search of the web finds