The exciting quarterfinal clash between neighbouring rivals Bangladesh and India is still three days away, but the social medias are already heating up with videos uploaded by fans of the respective nations.
Indian television channels don’t easily let go the chance of bragging about their team and what was funny at the beginning is now irritating the majority of the cricket followers all over the world. “Mauka Mauka”, meaning “opportunity, opportunity”, the dialog from an ad that was initially launched to mock Pakistan have reached a new height after it continued with all the other teams India have faced in their group and all having a tagline #WeWon’tGiveItBack meaning India will defend their title successfully.
India face the high-flying Tigers next and it is needless to say unlike the other nations’ supporters the Bangladeshis have been up to the task in making several versions of the ad on their own.
The issue shouldn’t have been dragged thus far but the sparks were created after an Indian home-made video upload indicated “India are like the big brother to Bangladesh as the former helped the latter in winning the liberation war against Pakistan in 1971.”
The reactions were not supposed to be calm and it wasn’t as the Bengal fans logically critcised the Indians for their “dry sense of humour” and why not.
However, Bangladesh’s crazy cricket fans also replied back with their own version of “Mauka, Mauka” in which they highlighted India’s defeat in two major tournaments to Bangladesh – one in the 2007 World Cup group stage that eliminated the Blues while the other in the Asia Cup in 2012.
The Indian critics have also made controversial statements earlier on live TV shows including former Indian cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu who termed Bangladesh’s cricket as “poor.”
However, the good thing is that the players from both sides are focused on the game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and they are not involved in any of the off-field battles taking place.