00:00Aniya Ji, first of all, welcome to INS and first of all, congratulations to your team and your team are
00:09selected.
00:10So, how was it going? What will you say about this journey?
00:14And what do you think about your self-satisfaction that you've done yourself?
00:21To be honest, I couldn't be more proud of myself because it was a very long and tough journey.
00:28And I just hope that that passion and strength that I gathered through this journey, I will implement it in
00:36cricket.
00:38You are not only a sports sport, but you are an important part of your identity and career.
00:45So, how has your relationship changed with your gender transition journey?
00:50In the beginning, I thought that there will not be any place for me in cricket.
00:54I have to leave cricket because in my transition, I became a life and death mode.
01:00And when I was in transition, I didn't know that something will happen.
01:05I tried to reach out to BCC and ICC about this, but there was nothing about it.
01:10And then, I got the clearance from Cricket Australia from Cricket Australia and I couldn't be happier for it.
01:17You are talking about opportunities for transgender women and cricketers in India.
01:25So, what is your experience in your experience?
01:28Selection policies, infrastructure or social acceptance or mindset?
01:32Selection policies, infrastructure or social acceptance or social acceptance or social acceptance or social acceptance?
01:33I think all four guys have involvement in this, because I didn't have support from all four aspects.
01:41And I made that support for myself.
01:44And today, I have gotten that opportunity.
01:47But it's been tough, I would say.
01:51It's been tough.
01:52And I can't, like, this has just given me hope, basically.
01:57So, when did you think that the Indian circuit is limited to your opportunity for your career?
02:07When I realized that the policy of Cricket Australia has already set guidelines,
02:14I reached out to them, they asked me for my medical assessment reports,
02:20my surgeries, hormone levels, testosterone and other cricketing footage as well at the same time.
02:26So, after reviewing all of them, they asked me to be eligible for the Dean.
02:30In Australia, what is your decision to explore the opportunities in women's cricket ecosystem?
02:36How is it significant for you?
02:39It's very significant, because I'm playing cricket in my childhood and that's what I do best.
02:45And after transitioning, Cricket Australia has given me hope that I can play cricket as myself.
03:04I think Cricket Australia as a country itself is very sport-progressive and they believe that
03:09they need to get an opportunity to play all of them.
03:12So, they both have set that same thing with inclusive, fair and dignified guidelines for women's cricket for transgender athletes.
03:21If you get opportunities in Australian women's cricket set-up in Australian women's cricket set-up,
03:24then you want to prove that your identity is more important than your cricketing ability.
03:33I think when it comes to sports, it's all about the cricketing ability at the end of the day.
03:38Identity and all is just the backstory of it.
03:40So, it's again about playing and doing your best on field.
03:44After transitioning, cricket field, how was it challenging for being in identity and emotionally?
03:52It was very challenging, because when you publicly transition in a country like India,
03:58you don't have enough acceptance, you don't have enough information.
04:01It can take a huge mental toll on you, but I'm glad that I've stood through it all
04:06and I've fought for myself and earned this opportunity at the end of the day.
04:09If there are equal cricketing opportunities for transgender women in India,
04:16then can you change the decision to move?
04:20It can happen, maybe.
04:24If you want to hear Ania Bhangar's name for 5 years,
04:29then what achievement would you like for your achievement?
04:32I would like to know people for cricket.
04:36Like, I would want people to know me for my cricket
04:39and the other gigs that I do, like shows or acting as well at the same time.
04:44Ania, you are going to Australia and
04:46there are opportunities for Cricket in entertainment and reality shows.
04:51So, what can you do again?
04:54I can do again. I would like to do both of them if there are opportunities.
04:56So, I can be a cricketer and an actor as well at the same time.
05:00Okay.
05:01Are you going to come to Bigg Boss in the reality show?
05:03So, how excited are you for that?
05:04If you have a chance, you will go?
05:07Maybe. I don't know.
05:10And what reality shows do you want to do?
05:12I would do, I would like to do more task-based shows.
05:15Just say, like, Traitors.
05:17Okay, Traitors is a very fun show.
05:19I really love Traitors.
05:20Then Uske Saath Khatronke Khiladi as well.
05:22So, if something like that happens in the future,
05:24I'm very open to doing it.
05:26Okay. Thank you.
