When it comes to cricket between the iconic rivals Pakistan and India, cricketers often find themselves being compared to one another, some for their performance and some for their opinions. But today they’re being compared for the social media game:
https://twitter.com/hazharoon/status/1326202726087331840?s=19
Taking to twitter, a man shared how Pakistani cricketers should up their social media game, dress well, speak better English because it adds value to them, but people disagree!
https://twitter.com/Onebabybuffalo/status/1326207725454417920?s=19
Jo baat hai!
https://twitter.com/grumpycrickfan/status/1326257944606994434?s=19
People didn’t find the need for cricketers to be influencers:
https://twitter.com/Eustacebaaaang/status/1326370058910789633?s=19
People found his take weird:
https://twitter.com/Eustacebaaaang/status/1326370472217485314?s=19
Some found that there was no room for comparison:
https://twitter.com/Me7saan/status/1326204047418908674?s=19
True…
Our cricketers are a reflection of the country as a whole..lower literacy rate , lower salaries.. difficult to match India..
— Dr Samara Afzal (@SamaraAfzal) November 10, 2020
Yeh cheez!
Exposure will get them better eventually but as long as they're contributing to the team, who cares if it is jaunsa or inshaAllah boys played well https://t.co/cuYz36Jrks
— kazmi. (@HaayeShabbir) November 10, 2020
Many shared how Pandya was hardly the example cricketers should follow:
Umm.
Pandya is hardly the example you wanna give to sportsmen about how to conduct themselves on the media. He's one of the most controversial sports personalities, even within Indian folds.
Also, likes/followers are often bought. And literally anyone can do that these days. https://t.co/biYkG1YLSa
— Mahwash Ajaz 🇵🇰 (@mahwashajaz_) November 11, 2020
Quoting hardik pandya as a example ffs https://t.co/ebis3Aiqpf
— Hasnain Qureshi (@night_crawler78) November 11, 2020
i understand your point as a manager but as a fan it's quite a buzzkill to see ads masquerading as genuine opinions on over-curated bollywood type feeds. also, khuda ke waastay give our players a better role model to emulate than pandya! https://t.co/sYpokx2VPc
— Sana Kazmi (@sanakazmi) November 10, 2020
https://twitter.com/znb91/status/1326223775629799425?s=19
Yaaaas!
Now compare Imran and Wasim with Kapil Dev and Javedagal Srinath. Just that there was no instagram in the 80s and 90s. https://t.co/6mvoFttWAR
— Isfandiar Khan (@AsfandKhan6) November 10, 2020
People were sharing cricketers who were getting the job done without SM presence:
https://twitter.com/ahmedwaqas992/status/1326348306042089472?s=19
People were sharing how social media has nothing to do with the game:
https://twitter.com/_vanillawallah/status/1326375945641529344?s=19
"They dress better, speak better & use social media well
It adds SO much value to a cricketer!"
No, it doesn't at all. Alastair Cook never used social media during his playing career nor does so now. Did it lower his value in any way? No. https://t.co/Ef1GRAJqGR
— Saba S. Sheikh (@sabassheikh) November 11, 2020
🤷♀️
https://twitter.com/brownbasic/status/1326370908450115584?s=19
We can’t either!
If having shit loads of insta followers makes you a better Cricketer, then I can't wait to see one of the Kardashian people open the batting on Boxing Day https://t.co/XItPWPhRxJ
— Longbob Jim-Gnome (@Cricketjim84) November 10, 2020
Exactly!
https://twitter.com/khadijaali354/status/1326238784288026625?s=19
It’s just as simple as this!
https://twitter.com/saraikismo/status/1326232198794649601?s=19
Shots were fired:
In case you didn’t notice, India’s SM presence is more than 6 times of ours. Furthermore the guy on the left who ‘speaks better’ was suspended for his words on a tv show
PCB is doing a fair job in grooming our players & their SM. Its their performance everyone truly cares about https://t.co/2LNlRnc0Ju
— Ammar. (@Ammar_AliKhan) November 10, 2020
People did agree on some things:
Worst kind of logic is this. How can someone say Pandya dresses good? What kind of impact does Social Media game can have on a player? ZERO.
Nahi matlab 1 millions likes nae honge to player acha perform nae kre ga? Only thing logical here is English speaking skills. https://t.co/evNxhCK2uW
— S A A D 🇵🇰 (@iSaadSays22_) November 10, 2020
Agreed:
Because Pakistani cricketers come from lower social classes while the game in India is an upper, upper middle class phenomenon. Iss liye. Koi rocket science nai. https://t.co/5LKBiuG0Gc
— کھوسہ (@masatmithizaat) November 11, 2020
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