Star Sports, who are the official TV broadcaster for the Indian Premier League 2023 (IPL 2023), faced criticsm from fans on social media website Twitter after they ran a ‘hot or not’ segment. In this new segment ahead of the Sunrisers Hyderbad (SRH) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) match, Star asked the female anchors to left or right swipe the male cricketers who currently playing in Indian Premier League. The women on the show, including popular anchor Mayanti Langer, were shown photos of Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill and Andre Russell and were asked to rate them. This brand new segment did not go down well with some fans who are viewers of the sports channel. They called out the broadcasters for their ‘sexist’ show, which aired LIVE on television sets.

Check out how fans slammed Star Sports for running a new segment that allegedly demeaned women:

i just hope virat kohli/shubman gill see this and sue star sports, they deserve it https://t.co/H1n4fqffrU— s (@_sectumsempra18) May 18, 2023

What is this @Sanjog_G

Just reverse the situation with male anchors rating female cricket players and we will have a sexual harassment and objectification allegation ready.

Star Sports is in a deep mess https://t.co/XHcSWBEpd1— Monica Verma (@TrulyMonica) May 18, 2023

Mayanti, Star Sports’ popular cricket anchor, appeared uncomfortable when told that Shubman was much younger than her during this segment. Bollywood actor Vidyut Jammwal was also in attendance during this segment.