Twitteratis all over the world had a field day following India's embarrassing defeat against New Zealand in the ICC T20 World Cup 2021.
India had already lost the first match of the T20 World Cup against nemesis Pakistan, however, losing at the hands of New Zealand made fans in India take their sardonicism on Twitter and Pakistanis, of course, jumped on the bandwagon.
Indian awaam #BanIPL ka trend chlaty hwy.
— Liaquat Ali 🇵🇰 (@liaquatJ150IVF) October 31, 2021
Meanwhile Pakistani awaam : 🤣 pic.twitter.com/i5xrFya4IO
Soon after New Zealand won by eight wickets, memes about the men in blue started flooding Twitter with #BanIPL trending in the neighbouring country. While Indians rued the loss, Twitteratis joked about the match being 'fixed'.
Sources just confirmed that the #IndiaVsNewZealand match was fixed. The deal was made on the 5th floor of the Serena Hotel in Kabul. My source was present on the sixth floor.#INDvsNZ #T20WorldCup #BanIPL
— Wajahat Kazmi (@KazmiWajahat) October 31, 2021
Pakistan and India both started their T20I World Cup campaign on 24th October 2021. A week later Pakistan's one leg is in the semi-finals, while India's one leg in Mumbai airport. #Cricket #T20WorldCup
— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket) October 31, 2021
Its first time in cricket history 😂😂🙏 #IndiaVsNewZealand #banipl pic.twitter.com/G4ET3m2mn9
— ℤ𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕄𝕖𝕙𝕒𝕣 (@Mrinsafian) October 31, 2021
Let @BCCI Continue doing their own IPL shyIPL let us build a national cricket team under sports ministry involve form a new board when it comes to INDIA. Let us treat cricket as any other sports. @PMOIndia @rashtrapatibhvn#BanIPL pic.twitter.com/22JxOOEQz6
— Superstar Raj 🇮🇳 (@NagpurKaRajini) November 1, 2021
Pakistani netizens also teased their neighbours on Twitter by mocking the Bollywood trope of India winning matches against every team that faces them.
InshAllah #TeamIndia Win the #T20WorldCup21 in #Bollywood movie without losing any Match.#BanIPL #IndiaVsNewZealand #Mauka_Mauka pic.twitter.com/5AVhKGmPDh
— Tayyab Aslam Dogar (@TayyabAslam642) November 1, 2021
Seriously #banIPL #kholi #land pic.twitter.com/sGYg81wrdK
— FAZLERABIKHAN (FK) (@fazlerabikhan2) October 31, 2021
Some Indian fans also questioned Virat Kohli's credibility as the captain.
#BanIPL #T20WorldCup21 #IndiaVsNewZealand #INDvNZ
— Yash Bansal (@yashbansal906) October 31, 2021
This is IPL team. IPL should be banned. They are just creating propaganda.
Virat kohli the worst captain ever. pic.twitter.com/NK11hIE9L9
Aggression is good for few times but coolness is best for whole life #MentorDhoni Sachin #captaincy #BanIPL #Virat #Panauti pic.twitter.com/kWeoUbfcXq
— Abhimanyu Aanand (@AbhimanyuAanand) November 1, 2021
NZ actually looked a little embarrassed at winning so easily. They didn’t celebrate much. This is a broken Indian team, in morale & spirit. The buck stops at the top. If @imVkohli had a sense of honour he would step down as captain across all formats not just T20. #T20WorldCup
— Minhaz Merchant (@MinhazMerchant) October 31, 2021
What are doing Indian players. #BanIPL pic.twitter.com/alqHO7sb2U
— Sujit Kumar Pradhan (@sujit__pradhan) October 31, 2021
The 2010 T20 World Cup was also lost due to IPL, It is clear from today's performance that BCCI has not learned anything.#BanIPL pic.twitter.com/zNhO8apM80
— Anish Singh (@The_anishsingh) October 31, 2021
While the internet is replete with memes against the men in blue, many commentators and cricketers are discussing the IPL ban, drawing clear distinctions between playing for IPL and playing for the country.
India should take a leaf out of all other countries … Allow their players to play in other leagues around the World to gain experience … #India #T20WorldCup
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) October 31, 2021
Team India will now face Afghanistan, Namibia, and Scotland in their remaining group fixtures.
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