However, this year has presented a different side of IPL cheerleaders. The first thing is, some of the IPL cricket teams like Kochi Tuskers and Kolkata Knight Riders decided to involve Indian cheerleaders performing Indian dances during the matches. Second and more surprising thing happened when a beautiful and sexy South African (Johannesburg) girl Gabriella Pasqualotto tweeted her mind and thinking about cricketers openly on Twitter. Obviously, she lost her job and a chance to enjoy the eyes of millions on Indians; she was sacked from being an IPL cheerleader for Mumbai Indians.
In one of her tweets at Twitter, she praised M.S Dhoni and Rohit Sharma, she also claimed that Sachin Tendulkar is highly devoted towards his family, however, she raised fingers over flirtatious Graeme Smith. She also blamed Australian cricketers as the most lewd cricketer and sportsmen.
Gabriella Pasqualotto tweeted, "MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma have been very polite and keep to themselves in the dark corners. Hotshots like Tendulkar with families at home are never present. The likes of Jonty Rhodes and Albie Morkel are notorious for having a good time with friends! 'Ol Graeme Smith will flirt with anything while his girlfriend lurks behind him."
Pasqualotto is 22 years old girl and she is certainly sexy and appealing that is why she was chosen as the IPL cheerleader for Mumbai Indians. However, her experiences in India were not as happy as she might have dreamed of. While explaining the Indian scenario, she tweeted, “all eyes are on you all the time; it is complete voyeurism. The women double take, see you and then pretend you do not exist. The men see your face, then your boobs, your butt, and then your boobs again! As we walk, all you hear is 'IPL, IPL!' with a little head jingle!"
Obviously, when a western girl comes to India and tries to live her life with same sexuality and exposing behavior, what she observes is that which was commented by Pasqualotto, “To the citizens, we are practically like walking porn! All eyes are on you all the time; it is complete voyeurism. The women double take, see you and then pretend you do not exist. The men see your face, then your boobs, your butt, and then your boobs again! As we walk, all you hear is “IPL, IPL!” with a little head jingle!”
However, she was most critical about Australian cricketers. Why was that? Australia is obviously a part of western world. Australian girls are amongst the most free, sexually explosive and certainly above the limits of shyness. I am sure Australian players might not have found IPL cheerleaders as anything new. So why were they acting so vulgar? But we have seen decency of Steve Waugh and Paul Rifle too, so it would be wrong to say that all Australian Cricketers are vulgar.
Gabriella Pasqualotto said, “The Aussies are fun but naughty, such as Aiden Blizzard and Dan Christian. By the end of a crazy evening, a certain someone had played kissing catchers with three girls known to me only, although he has his own girlfriend back home. He cooed to each girl, ‘Come home with me, I just want to cuddle!’”Well, that is nothing new revelation about Australian cricketers. Our beloved Shane Warne, captain and mentor of Rajasthan Royals, has shown his lewd nature many times in history. However, the question remains the same, in spite of having so high degree of sexual freedom in Australia, why Australian cricketers are so vulgar, sex crazy and lewd? Why do they consider IPL cheerleaders nothing more than flesh and meat?
Another burning issue is, the complaining IPL cheerleader Pasqualotto is South African, and Ol’ Grame Smith is also South African. When South African girls like Pasqualotto are so free that they can expose their sexuality openly, why South African cricketers like Graeme Smith feels it as something new and tries to flirt with every other girl?
Now one may say that with increasing sexual freedom for girls, boys naturally gets a free pass for flirting. Voyeurism becomes trend. But if it is so, why Gabriella Pasqualotto found it something wrong?
Or may be its only cricketers who are lewd and vulgar? But then Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, M.S. Dhoni and other Indian cricketers whom Gabriella Pasqualotto praised for being polite, sensitive and decent, are also cricketers. So, not all cricketers are vulgar and sex crazy.
Thus while Pasqualotto claimed, “Oh, please! I have come to realise that cricketers are the most loose and mischievious sportsmen I have come across. Makes me wonder if I should worry about them more then the commoners on the street! I still have a long while here, so I shall keep my tip list in mind,” I disagree with her on that.
