While cricket maniacs flooded onto the streets draped in national flag in celebration after the national team trounced arch-rivals India in the Champions Trophy final and Twitter saw its unprecedented celebration of victory, few seemed to remain determined to mar the celebrations with political rhetoric and rants.
Cartoonist Sabir Nazar created a stir after he posted a bizarre tweet about former cricketer Imran Khan and current captain Sarfraz Ahmed while drawing a surreal comparison laden with highly politicised insinuations.
“Sarfraz…please start a hospital in your mother’s name…so we get rid of this 92 world cup win wala,” the cartoonist tweeted.
https://twitter.com/sabirnazar1/status/876498331165503490
This didn’t go down well for the jubilant cricket fans who had found an escape from the dysfunctional political climate in the splendid victory’s celebrations.
https://twitter.com/Khan_Ji007/status/876511905086668800
https://twitter.com/aajwayyy/status/876503829851721728
https://twitter.com/MeherBanoQ/status/876511020126158848
https://twitter.com/Neelkhan0209/status/876512646358601728
https://twitter.com/Sahmed06/status/876523205086892032
https://twitter.com/saminaxkhan/status/876538194279501824
Apart from the unnecessary politicisation of the event, what drew more criticism was cartoonist’s grotesque language about the mothers of both.
https://twitter.com/mir_ahsan/status/876500811207106560
https://twitter.com/NahmedCA/status/876536381119627264
https://twitter.com/M271180/status/876510955676606465
https://twitter.com/ZainJalali/status/876524548950114304
