The Indian ‘liberals’ suffered a meltdown after Indian travel company Make My Trip came up with a quirky promotional campaign, offering discounts to Pakistani fans if their team lost in the World Cup match against India.
Make My Trip, an Indian travel company shared an advertisement ahead of the much-anticipated India-Pakistan clash at the World Cup, announcing a set of coupon codes for Pakistani fans, offering them jaw-dropping discounts if their team loses to the hosts.
Titled “An Open Invitation to Pakistani Fans”, the advertisement shared three coupon codes in the event Pakistan loses the match being played at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi stadium. The Pakistani fans can use ‘BoysPlayedWell’ to avail 50 per cent off on their bookings if they lose by 10 wickets or over 200 runs. If they lost by 6 wickets or 100 runs, they would get a 30 per cent discount on using ‘EkShaheenHaar’, and 10 per cent off on using ‘NoMaukaMauka’ if they lose by 3 wickets or 50 runs.
“Dear neighbours, Let’s take a moment and forget our rivalries. After all, it’s not every day that you visit us. Hope you won’t mind us playing a good host. It’s going to be a big day today. So, staying true to the Indian tradition of ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’, we want to extend some heartfelt offers to you,” the advertisements read, with the graphics of three Pakistani fans munching on snacks with a smashed TV in the background, which highlight Pakistan’s defeat.
The advertisement quickly caught the attention of social media users, with many joining in with Make My Trip to mock Pakistan ahead of the high-voltage encounter.
Virender Sehwag, known for trolling Pakistan and its cricketers, took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share the advertisement and take a dig at the arch-rivals. “Na Ishq mein na Pyaar mein . “Jo mazza hai Pakistan ki haar mein,” Sehwag tweeted along with a picture of the advertisement.
Na Ishq mein na Pyaar mein .
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) October 14, 2023
Jo mazza hai Pakistan ki haar mein.
Aise kaun invite karta hai yaar 🤣
Sahi khel gaye MMT ! pic.twitter.com/xfN9sk98sG
Another popular X user who goes by @sagarcasm said the advertisement seems like an ‘Aman Ki Asha’ initiative by Virender Sehwag.
This is like Aman Ki Asha initiative by Virender Sehwag pic.twitter.com/gTLYlKQH9p
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) October 14, 2023
Another X user said the MMT ad was the best promotional campaign by the companies for the Indo-Pak match.
India vs Pakistan promo by MakeMyTrip is the best of the lot. Broken Tv 😂 , memes, pizze burger and ek Shaheen haar… lol pic.twitter.com/s8GtEGTbkC
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) October 14, 2023
Indian ‘liberals’ suffer a meltdown over the MMT advertisement mocking Pakistani fans
No sooner did Make My Trip’s advertisement go viral on the internet than a raft of ‘liberals’ took offence at the promotional campaign, attacking the travel company for poking fun at Pakistani fans.
Social media user Rahul Fernandes appeared too offended that an Indian company mocked Pakistani fans and proceeded to tender an apology.
As an Indian, I want to apologize to every Pakistani person for this @makemytrip ad. This does not represent Indian values. It only represents the worst among us. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/xzJ7GWd5hY
— Rahul Fernandes (@newspaperwallah) October 14, 2023
Swara Bhasker, who was recently seen defending Hamas after it attacked Israel, also attacked Make My Trip over a benign advertisement taking a swipe at Pakistani fans.
Petty and very NOT sportsmanship spirit @makemytrip @makemytripcare DO BETTER and please don’t embarrass Indians who can genuinely be gracious and decent hosts to their neighbours. https://t.co/4xNhHdOyQ2
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) October 14, 2023
Rohini Singh, a ‘journalist’ with leftwing propaganda portal The Wire, vented her spleen against Make My Trip because she disapproved of their advertisement.
The advertisement was pathetic and then these guys made it worse. Petty, churlish and ungrammatical. https://t.co/HB6YlIMVlr
— Rohini Singh (@rohini_sgh) October 14, 2023
On 14th October (Saturday), the biggest cricketing rivalry between India and Pakistan is back in action. As the ‘Men in Blue’ will step on the field, they will aim to advance their winning streak against their archrivals in the ODI World Cup. With an impressive 7-0 record in head-to-head matchups against Pakistan in ODI World Cups, the host, India, stands as the clear favourite, having never lost to Pakistan in the ODI World Cup.
Notably, the most recent clash in the longer format of White ball cricket took place in Manchester during the 2019 World Cup in England where India pulled off a convincing victory against Pakistan.
India won the toss against Pakistan and decided to field first. Shubman Gill is back in the squad in place of southpaw Ishan Kishan.
