‘Our son is NOT a topic for your entertainment’

Sanjana Ganesan, cricket broadcaster and Indian ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah’s wife, lashed out at trolls for mocking the couple’s young son, Angad Bumrah, over his facial expression during the Indian Premier League 2025 match between Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants at Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. She took to Instagram, slamming a select section of social media putting out a story, which was also shared Bumrah himself.
“Our son is NOT a topic for your entertainment,” she wrote on Instagram.
“Jasprit and I do everything in our power to keep Angad away from social media because the Internet is a despicable, vile place to be and I completely understand the implications of bringing a child to a cricket stadium filled with cameras, but please understand that Angad and I were there to support Jasprit and nothing else.
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Sanjana Ganesan’s post on Instagram. (Screengrab)
“We have no interest in our son being viral Internet content or national news, with unnecessarily opinionated keyboard warriors deciding who Angad is, what his problem is, what his personality is, from 3 seconds of footage,” the post added.
She also pointed out how Angad was getting trolled for his serious expression. The one-and-a-half-year-old boy was accompanied her mother, Sanjana, for the MI’s match.
“He is one and a half years old. Throwing around words like trauma and depression in reference to a ba says so much about who we’re becoming as a community and it’s honestly really sad. You know NOTHING about our son, nothing about our lives and I request you to keep your opinions online true to that. A little honesty and a little kindness goes a long way in today’s world,” said Ganesan.
Sanjana has always been vocal about what she felt was wrong. She voiced out her displeasure against several online trolls in the past as well.Story continues below this ad
Bumrah, on Sunday, surpassed franchise legend Lasith Malinga to become the highest wicket-taker for Mumbai. He picked three wickets in his third over of the spell against LSG and finished with an impressive 4-0-22-4, helping MI to a 54-run win.