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, Â 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
