Anaya Bangar made shocking revelations about her experience in the cricketing world as she transitioned genders.
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00:00Let's go in your car, like, I wanna sleep with you.
00:03Anaya Bangar's Bombshell Claims
00:05Anaya Bangar, the daughter of former India cricketer and ex-batting coach Sanjay Bangar,
00:10had made shocking revelations against the cricket world.
00:12And mentally, it will be very upsetting for you.
00:15Because in that line, you said that I have thoughts.
00:20Yes.
00:21Because I thought that the whole world is against me.
00:24When I made this decision, did you have some feedback, some reactions?
00:30There has been support and there has been some harassment as well.
00:36What kind of harassment?
00:37So, again, there have been a few cricketers.
00:41They randomly sent me nude pictures of them.
00:44In a candid conversation with Lalantop, she alleged that several cricketers harassed her
00:48by sending unsolicited nude photographs.
00:51All this while she was undergoing hormone replacement therapy or HRT to transition genders
00:57and was socially finding a place in the cricketing fraternity as a trans woman.
01:10Anaya used to play cricket as Aryan Bangar alongside some well-known cricketers
01:14like Mushir Khan, Sarfaraz Khan and Yashashvi Jaiswal.
01:17While some were supportive, many, she alleged, thrived on toxic masculinity
01:21and insecurity in the cricket world as she faced open verbal harassment.
01:25Cricketing world, I think it's very insecure and filled with toxic masculinity.
01:31The emotional toll soon became a reality as there was no space left in the world of cricket for her
01:36once she transitioned.
01:37She was banned from living her lifelong dream in 2023.
01:40Anaya's story comes at an important time as the International Cricket Council, ICC,
01:49in November of 2023 changed its rules on transgender women in cricket,
01:53banning them from international tournaments.
01:55Following this, the England and Wales Cricket Board also updated its policy,
01:59preventing transgender women from playing in international matches
02:02and top-level domestic women's cricket in Tier 1 and Tier 2.
02:05As lines between sport, biology, inclusivity and fairness come together,
02:10what do you think is the best-case solution for sports federations?
02:13Let us know in the comments below.