As the much anticipated PSL began in a packed opening ceremony in National Stadium, Karachi, people from other teams were left slightly underwhelmed by the crowd in the stadium.
From what was supposed to blow away the crowds, it seemed like there was barely any noise made by the crowd and the netizens picked up on it quickly:
PETITION TO NEVER HAVE AN OPENING CEREMONY IN KARACHI EVER AGAIN.
— butwhy? (@cu_rious) February 20, 2020
There were memes all over social media:
Host : KARACHI MAKE SOME NOISE
crowd : pic.twitter.com/hWrQE3ni0m— A (@lostpakora) February 20, 2020
Karachi crowd be like pic.twitter.com/G1W673Em2I
— Ali (@Maarkhor) February 20, 2020
Yar 😂
karachi's stadium karachi's crowd https://t.co/v4Isa6qSuL
— pɐɯɯɐɥ (@H4MMM4D1) February 20, 2020
I mean…
Psl opening ceremony deserves a better crowd. Look like they're here to listen Altaf hussain's speech absolute silence.
— Haroon (@ThisHaroon) February 20, 2020
People were not coming slow:
Karachi crowd ignoring the host's instructions like : pic.twitter.com/YTB0Dbauxh
— Hassan Cheema (@Gotoxytop1) February 20, 2020
Shots were fired:
Karachities are waving their phones MashAllah. Karachi is safe is now.
— Aqsa. (@ItsmeAqsaa) February 20, 2020
NO!
Petition to ban karachi from hosting psl ceremony again.
— Haroon (@ThisHaroon) February 20, 2020
If karachi asks for another opening ceremony after this
Whole nation #HBLPSLV #PSLV #PSL2020 pic.twitter.com/siUPmCHYSd— Owais (@syedmuhdowais) February 20, 2020
People were really disappointed:
Kidhar hain #Karachi wale
Samne aao
Mera tm logo ko zaheel krne ka dil kr raha ha
Matlb k had hi hu gyi
Itni khamoshi tu hamre foutgi pe ni hoti jitni #PSL2020 ki opening ceremony mai thi
Qasam se boht bure lag rhy hu tm loge— (Z24-6S) Xubair sandhu (@Xubair_Z24_6S) February 20, 2020
City wars had already begun:
Karachi mai opening ceremony thi isi waja se maza nahi aya
Lahore mai karwate tw pata chalta ceremony hoi hai#PSL5ComesPakistan #HBLPSLV #PSL5 #Cricket #PSLV #PSL2020— Zubair Ahmed (@izubair_ahmed) February 20, 2020
Itna sasta crowd kahan milta hai?
100 200 day kar crowd bhi mangwa laite stadium mein yar https://t.co/8UzC5NaGI9
— Rida. (@RFatima__) February 20, 2020
Some were proud of the crowd:
Really proud of Karachi's no-fucks-given crowd.
— Shumail (@Shumyl) February 20, 2020
Umm, the stadium was FULLLL:
Largest city with the smallest crowd.
Just wait for PSL to come to Pindi 😤— . (@PsychedSam) February 20, 2020
Many were suggesting Pindi ka crowd for next time:
Agli baar ceremony mai Pindi ka crowd lai jana
— 𝘙𝘪𝘻𝘸𝘢𝘯 (@ChupShaa) February 20, 2020
Some were not amused:
This opening of the first match is very very weird #PSL2020
— Ian Pont (@Ponty100mph) February 20, 2020
What a disapponting crowd 🙂
— Zara Fatima (@ajeeeeeeeeeeb) February 20, 2020
People wanted the crowd to wake up:
Yaar koiii iss crowd koo jagaaa dy. I'll payyy.
— Annabelle♡ (@Annabelle_hunn) February 20, 2020
Hahaha look at that crowd. DED DED DED
— ADIBA (@notabida) February 20, 2020
Mute nai karna chahiye tha:
major fail opening ceremony. crowd ko mute krdia. loadshedding me karwadi ceremony.
— ehtesham (@ehtelad6) February 20, 2020
What a shitty production this psl 5 opening. Long ass breaks. Lip syncing. Turned up the mics capturing the crowd (noise) for just 10 seconds somewhere in between. Fuck this. Cancel all of it. Put the bloody game on
— Hassan Ghori (@cheelurri) February 20, 2020
I dont know whats more shit
Karachi Crowd, Sound System, lightning system, performances,cheorography, or whole management. 🙁— Ali Haider (@alee__haider) February 20, 2020
Turns out it was the mics near the crowd were muted for sound control, but the Karachiites came back at the trolls with the most savage replies:
Guys, please understand this
CROWD IS SCREAMING BUT THERE'S SOMETHING CALLEE NOISE CONTROLLER THAT IS USED IN THESE EVENTS SO THAT MAIN STAGE SOUND DOESN'T GET COMPROMISED
— Ennanana (@Enna_Ejaz) February 20, 2020
Batao batao?
Yar hum logo ko mulk bhi chalana hota he, ceremony thori late rakhni chahye thi.
— Kamran Afridi. (@InsanePukhtoon) February 20, 2020
Some blamed it on the ceremony:
Sahi keh rahay ho karachi ki awaam chup baithi hai. Itni bakwas ceremony ko sirf lahori aur islamabadi hi enjoy ker saktay hain apna thora standard high hai sorry
— nma (@namaloomafraaad) February 20, 2020
Hahaha:
Sara Karachi National Stadium pohanch gaya hai to Pakistan ko kon paal raha hai?
— 𝘙𝘪𝘻𝘸𝘢𝘯 (@ChupShaa) February 20, 2020
Exactly!
Can some of you all please stop criticising Karachi for this disappointment in the name of opening ceremony? How is this even our fault? The management is to be blamed not the city #PSLV
— ••• (@AmnaKaSamnaa) February 20, 2020
Definitely:
A punjabi song entertaining crowd more than all the singers combined. Punjabi is an elite language.
— Haroon (@ThisHaroon) February 20, 2020
Hahaha, let us live!
stadium is loaded and the crowd is enthusiastic even with these shitty performances what more do y’all want? let karachi live
— 🙁 (@meemelif) February 20, 2020
The attendees and their videos showed a very different side of the crowd:
20th February, 2020 undoubtedly one of the best days of my life. Can’t be more proud of my country! Witnessed the best. The most energetic crowd! YE HAI MERA KARACHIII!
Pakistan Zindabaad!❤️🇵🇰#PSL2020 pic.twitter.com/VWL3tIhVyO— Izma. (@IzmaSiddiqi) February 20, 2020
You can’t beat our crowd:
As I said this was the sound system issue, crowd is always always electric like this♥️♥️ https://t.co/2Lw5K7xP1g
— Naveer Bin Razi (@NaveerBinRazi) February 20, 2020
Yeh dekh ke toh waqayi disappointing crowd lag raha tha:
What the fuck bc yahan galay phaar liye thay this is what you guys saw 🤢🤢🤢🤢 https://t.co/YZQMT5T6cN
— Aun Jelliya (@JiMurshad) February 20, 2020
Jo baat hai!
It’s a 9:30 start & the crowd is still there.
If the game was somewhere else, people would have been in bed .— Syed Talha Ahmed (@Letalhaaa) February 20, 2020
People were sharing videos of the crowd and it was insane!
Believe me Abrar ul haq's performance charge the crowd 💓💓💓
It was just love#PSL2020 pic.twitter.com/Vay9dOqGOG— Saifullah Asghar 🇵🇰 (@SaifullahAsgher) February 20, 2020
How did you like the opening ceremony? Let us know in the comments below!