‘Sania will lend support to India’

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Sania Mirza will support the Indian team when the bilateral series between the two nations is resumed in December this year. This was revealed by her father, Irfan Mirza.

Speaking exclusively over telephone from Hyderabad on Tuesday morning, he said, “Of course our family will support the Indian team. Even my daughter, Sania will also support Team India. She was born in India and we will support Dhonis, Sehwags and Tendulkars.”
“Yes, but”, adding further, he says, “Sania will support her husband if he is chosen to play for Pakistan.”
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza married former Pakistani captain, Shoaib Malik in April 2010. The wedding was held in Hyderabad, followed by a ceremony in Sialkot, Pakistan and a Walima ceremony in Lahore, Pakistan.
The publicity and the online attention the wedding received made Sania the most searched woman tennis player and most searched Indian sportsperson in the year 2010 according to Google Trends.
Shoaib Malik’s family has been staying in Pakistan, but the couple has not settled there.
“Sania had also been to Pakistan once after that”, said Irfan adding further. “There was no tennis tournament in Pakistan but once I accompanied her when Shoaib was playing in Pakistan,” he said.
Irfan was not willing to comment on the BCCI’s decision to resume ties between the two countries.
“If the decision is taken by the Board to restore connections after five years, I don’t want to say anything. It is between the Indian government and the board officials to come at the conclusion. We are sport loving people and don’t interfere in politicians’ decision,” he signed off. Sania is in the US to participate in the tennis tournament.