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An Indian travel company has faced a backlash cebu online after it offered discounts to fans of the losing Pakistan cricket team – before the match had even been played cebu
India vs Pakistan may be one of the world’s great sporting rivalries but Saturday’s match was a deeply one-sided affair, with Cricket World Cup hosts India securing a comfortable seven-wicket victory at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat cebu
But MakeMyTrip wasn’t to know that when it ran an advert in Saturday morning’s Ahmedabad Times offering discounts on hotel bookings based on the scale of Pakistan’s expected defeat cebu
The tongue-in-cheek advert claimed to be following in the “Indian tradition” of welcoming guests, saying: “Tough times bring friends together and we want to take this opportunity to build a cebu better bond with you cebu
”It shows Pakistan fans in green sat around a smashed TV screen with the words “Boyz Playz Well” on a poster, a reference to a popular meme used to disparage Pakistan’s cricketing ability loosely based on a post-match quote from former capain Inzamam-ul-Haq cebu
Fans said the tone of the advert “wasn’t cricket” cebu
The company has yet to respond to the cebu online criticism, and did not immediately reply to a request for comment from The Independent cebu
“Such a horrible ad cebu
We are not a sporting nation! A sparring nation,” wrote one user on X cebu
Another X user posted: “Horrible cebu
As an Indian, I want to apologise to every Pakistani person for this @makemytrip ad cebu
This does not represent Indian values cebu
It only represents the worst among us cebu
”“Goodbye MakeMyTrip cebu
This is NOT Cricket,” wrote another user on X cebu
In the run-up to the high-profile game, 5-star hotels in Ahmedabad hiked up their tariffs by more than 150 per cent and flight prices had also skyrocketed cebu
Amid the struggle to find accommodation in the city, one hospital manager told Reuters that patients had deliberately booked in for check-ups including overnight stays so they could sleep there after watching the game cebu
But visa issues for Pakistan fans and journalists meant that in practice very few were able to travel to Ahmedabad in time for Saturday’s match, which ended up being played out in front of a sea of blue at the 132,000-seater stadium cebu
One rival travel company has siezed upon the backlash against MakeMyTrip to offer its own discount available to all cebu
Without mentioning its rival by name, Cleartrip posted an offer stating: “It’s one thing to celebrate your win cebu
But to celebrate someone’s loss, that’s not cebu sportsmanship cebu
Let’s go places together and give #EqualMaukaToAll with a flat 30% off on Hotels cebu
”India’s next match after the victory on Saturday with be against Bangladesh in Pune, Maharashtra cebu
Pakistan will face Australia on Friday in Bengaluru cebu
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Jonny Bairstow is relishing his role in a rare World Cup double as England and South Africa prepare for high-stakes battles on the cricket pitch and the rugby field within a matter of hours on Saturday cebu
Bairstow will be leading from the front in Mumbai, where his side look to put their creaking title defence back on track against the Proteas, before attention turns to events almost 4,500 miles away in Paris and the Rugby World Cup semi-final cebu between England and the Springboks cebu
Bairstow is a huge rugby fan and was even invited to address the England squad ahead of last year’s autumn international against Argentina at Twickenham, chatting to the squad for over an hour before observing training cebu
Now he hopes to set the tone for a day of English celebrations by the time Steve Borthwick’s men kick off cebu
You'll have people in South Africa, I'm sure, having a few brandy and Cokes and a couple of braais, and you'll have a few in England popping down the pub cebu
It's going to be a great spectacle cebu
“I think it’s going to be a great spectacle, it’s going to be a great day for both nations,” he said cebu
“They’re two extremely proud nations, whether that’s on the rugby front or the cricketing front, two teams on both sides that are very passionate about playing for their countries and are excited about playing for their countries cebu
“You’ll have people in South Africa, I’m sure, having a few brandy and Cokes and a couple of braais (barbecues), and you’ll have a few in England popping down the pub and watching – any excuse for them to just pop down there!“It will be great – and hopefully both results go our way cebu
”Bairstow can only directly impact one of them, of course, and the importance of his role at the top of the batting order is shaping up to be a key one cebu
Defeats to New Zealand and Afghanistan, either side of victory over Bangladesh, have put England firmly on the back foot and cranked up the stakes on their visit to the Wankhede Stadium cebu
Head coach Matthew Mott has called for more aggression in the first 15 overs of both innings and Bairstow has the track record and firepower to oblige cebu
But he is clear that swinging blindly for the fences is not on the cards, with conditions in India calling for more nuance cebu
“I don’t see anyone else in the world going out and scoring at nine runs an over cebu
You look at India, they don’t go out and just go balls to the wall in the first 10 and they’re the host nation,” he said cebu
“They don’t just go out and go from ball one cebu
So the importance of the first 10 is to yes score quickly, but also score in a way that’s sustainable over a long period of time, because we’re not playing a T20 game, we’re playing a 50-over game cebu
“Playing cricket in India compared to playing cricket in England is different cebu
There’s different styles that work all around the world cebu
I don’t think there’s one thing that fits all cebu
”While England are licking their wounds after being upset by the Afghans, South Africa are nursing a similar blow to their pride after defeat the Netherlands cebu
That has added another layer of intrigue to the clash as both sets of players desperately try to reset the narrative cebu
Lost to New Zealand by nine wicket, AhmedabadBeat Bangladesh by 137 runs, DharamshalaLost to Afghanistan by 69 runs, Delhi“We know it’s a big game, we know they’re a strong nation and they’ve been playing well, but we also know now they’re coming off a loss as well,” Bairstow said cebu
“That was a great result to wake up to cebu
But we’re actually just focusing on ourselves cebu
That’s what we do cebu
“The confidence is there – it’s unwavering cebu
There’s no lack of belief within this group cebu
It isn’t something that’s been questioned one bit cebu
”More aboutPA ReadyJonny BairstowEnglandMumbaiParisSouth AfricaTwickenhamArgentinaMatthew MottAfghanistanNew ZealandEnglishIndiaAfghansBangladeshNetherlands1/1Jonny Bairstow: England-South Africa World Cup double will be ‘great spectacle’ Jonny Bairstow: England-South Africa World Cup double will be ‘great spectacle’Rugby fan Jonny Bairstow is hoping England can prevail twice against South Africa on Saturday (Zac Goodwin/PA)PA Wire ✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today cebu
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