Published: Mar 31, 2015, 10:57 PM (IST)
Edited: Mar 31, 2015, 11:20 PM (IST)
After the fans form Pakistan and Bangladesh, Shahid Afridi, the Pakistan all-rounder and former captain mocked India’s exit from ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 by singing, ‘Mauka Mauka’, the famous tagline of the hugely popular Star Sports advertisement campaign. Afridi did this in a Television show which was being aired in Pakistan. Watch: Latest ‘Mauka Mauka’ advertisement by Star Sports
Meanwhile, few days backs, after India lost the ICC Cricket World Cup Semi-Final against Australia, the Mumbai based BCCI headquarter received at least 200 phone calls from Bangladesh and Pakistan, in which the ant-India cricket fans were mostly saying, “Mauka mauka! Kya hua mauke ka? [What happened to the opportunity?]” READ: Mauka Mauka: An hour with Vishal Malhotra
However, India defeated Pakistan for the sixth time in the history of World Cups to start their campaign in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. India were undefeated until Semi-Final. MS Dhoni’s boys only lost to Australia, the world champions, which ended their campaign. Pakistan on the other hand had a poor World Cup. Apart from the India match they even lost to out of form West Indies. Mishbah-ul Haq’s men somehow beat Ireland and qualified for the quarter-final, where they lost against Australia. READ: Meet the ‘Mauka Mauka’ man
Afridi, personally had a terrible World Cup. He failed with both bat and ball for which he was heavily criticised and which probably influenced his retirement (From One-Day Internationals) decision. According to experts, critcising a rival team like this on a national television was an unsporting behaviour, which was not expected from a senior player like him. It will effect Afridi’s fan-following in India.
Shahid Afridi is singing “Mauka Mauka”, Watch Video here:
