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KK's 'tactic' to release anthem mid LQ match goes unnoticed by fans

Featuring Asim Azhar and Talha Younus, the recently-released song which would have done well on any other day

Entertainment Desk January 31, 2022

We're well into the seventh installment of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). On Sunday, Karachi Kings and Lahore Qalandars locked horns on the field for their first clash of the season, with Fakhar Zaman's immaculate batting propelling LQ for an easy win.

PSL Clasico - as many fans called the match on Twitter - saw some of the best Twitter content to come out of Pakistan. While many hailed Fakhar's brilliant batting and ridiculed KK's collapse, the latter decided to release the PSL anthem in the midst of all the chaos.

And Finally...The #KingsAnthem is here!
YEH HAI KARACHI!#KarachiKings #YehHaiKarachi #PhirJeetenge #LevelHai #PSL7 @Salman_ARY @wasimakramlive @AsimAzharr @tariqwasi @babarazam258 @iamamirofficial @simadwasim pic.twitter.com/o3dsHsTtDV
— Karachi Kings (@KarachiKingsARY) January 30, 2022

Featuring Asim Azhar and Talha Younus, the anthem which would have done well on any other day, was laughed off by fans as a tactic by the KK team. Many called out the timing of the release hilarious as KK struggled on the field.

Fans had a thing or two to say about the new KK anthem.

during the game?
— Haroon (@hazharoon) January 30, 2022

Product placements, noisy generic music and Asim’s poor singing.
ARY producing crap on and off the field.
The only good part was when the track ended.
— McDaddy (@night_cricketer) January 31, 2022

Asim Azhar dropping anthem be like : https://t.co/NkRJMxOijz pic.twitter.com/vD7TqhHane
— Jedi, you look lonely. (@HassanRonaNhi) January 30, 2022

karachi kings releasing the anthem while losing an important game to lahorepic.twitter.com/vXdRaPbU25 https://t.co/dcBdQey1gS
— emaan (@needonegoalfc) January 30, 2022

In an ideal world, Karachi have to play Ravindra Jadeja because he also does sword celebrations sometimes when team is losing https://t.co/ZYW70kDfPI
— Udit (@udit_buch) January 30, 2022

Karachities enjoying anthem be like: https://t.co/KqzE5bUFhU pic.twitter.com/hXvT7VqVhW
— 🔺420🔺 (@_noor_nama) January 30, 2022

So they decided to release the anthem on the day they lost to their arch rivals.

Standing ovation honi chahiye bhai. https://t.co/cSLb3NrzBU
— S A A D | LQ 🇵🇰 (@SaadSays22) January 30, 2022

Losing straight 3 games and releasing anthem after that. Their fans be like : https://t.co/OPsRcpWoLh pic.twitter.com/bBkOqX5yml
— N I M R A (@BackfootPunchh) January 30, 2022

And then there's this. In the middle of a game. https://t.co/7qA2gqLPBZ
— Musad Afzal (@MusadAfzal) January 30, 2022

Karachi and ARY celebrating 3rd consecutive defeat in style. https://t.co/UMXqdHX4YF
— Z4IN | PZ (@isheikhzayn) January 30, 2022

What a time to release the Anthem😒 https://t.co/ZLHsxuBOvb
— Abdul Wahab (@Awahabo_o) January 30, 2022

KK: 2 games lost
KK releases anthem: “YEH HAI KARACHI”🤦‍♂️ https://t.co/CLLLpZEWfd
— Munna (@Oh_Munna) January 30, 2022

Anthem out
Team almost out https://t.co/0m0nV60on4
— NOMWWN¹⁷🌻| Stan Amna n Zalmis💛 | (@MobileRkhoNoman) January 30, 2022

To celebrate 3 consecutive losses, they released the anthem https://t.co/6N4VE1v4aa
— Munzir Khalil (@MK_AK47) January 30, 2022

Losing straight 3 games and releasing the anthem after that. Ironic https://t.co/4oBcGCX2fx
— Rayyan. (@rayyanmaliik) January 30, 2022

The only smart thing the franchise has done this year; release the anthem mid game to distract from their on field performance 👏 https://t.co/c9aFmFIPzZ
— Syed Hammad Hussain (@hammadhussain15) January 30, 2022

However, some think KK anthem is the best one to come out this year.

Love the anthem but our team sucks big time. I kinda doubt this year will be ours BUT you never know 7 matches left. https://t.co/dk6ZfWdFaA
— Ali Bhutto (@BeingAliBhutto) January 31, 2022