Cricket South Africa (CSA) is all set to launch the inaugural edition of its T20 league, SA20 in January 2023. The brand new franchise T20 league recently held a player auction in which some great players were picked.
Meanwhile, one of the franchises, Sunrisers Eastern Cape, is currently announcing its players picked in the auction on various social media platforms.
The franchise was trolled for the style of unveiling players as it was discovered that it had copied the idea from Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) squad announcement for the three-match ODI series against the Netherlands.
Here is PCB’s announcement of the squad against the Netherlands:
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🚨 Pakistan's squads for Netherlands ODIs and ACC T20 Asia Cup 🚨
Read more: https://t.co/CsUoxtXc1H#NEDvPAK | #AsiaCup2022 pic.twitter.com/4be4emR8Sy
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) August 3, 2022
Here is Sunrisers Eastern Cape’s announcement:
Wily left-arm spin, massive hits, years of experience. 😍
Veteran Roelof van der Merwe is now a #Riser! 💥#RoelofvanderMerwe #SEC #OrangeArmy #SunrisersEasternCape #SA20Auction pic.twitter.com/Au2oAEKDvf
— Sunrisers Eastern Cape (@SunrisersEC) September 19, 2022
Cricket fans tagged PCB media manager Ibrahim Badees, who has been widely praised for his innovative ideas on the Board’s social media posts, and slammed the franchise for copying the style.
Here are some reactions from the cricket fans:
Naqal ke lye Aqal ki zroorat hoti hai
You guys copied @IbrahimBadees 😂 https://t.co/IsBxE6w7dh— Dr Komal (@Komal_see) September 19, 2022
All credit goes to @IbrahimBadees for this beautiful idea. Proud of PCB ❤️ https://t.co/0SmCUt9ZVM
— Bilal Aqeel (@BilalAqeel7) September 20, 2022
Kamaal ki copy @IbrahimBadees ap waqui trend setter ho.
World recons https://t.co/MI4u9uTNfi— Zeeshan Qayyum ☄️ (@XeeshanQayyum) September 19, 2022
Great copy yr…. @IbrahimBadees chaaa gy aap welldone trend setter boy https://t.co/9sVpOD72mf
— Qadir Khawaja (@iamqadirkhawaja) September 19, 2022
Dear Admin u copied the Idea of One n Only Content KinG @IbrahimBadees He did this for Netherland tour n Asia Cup https://t.co/elNMewLOze
— Arslan Jutt (@ArslanJutt43) September 19, 2022
Haha ah ah you pakistan have copied IPL AND BOLLYWOOD and everything India comes up with why you people are still not trolled
Indians are so obsessed. Damn. First comment is of indian on a Pakistani blog site that too butt hurt for no reason
KHUSHFEHMI hy pajiit betay
Even Half of the Endian hit songs are stolen from our original Pakistani Songs… 🤣