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Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Najam Sethi has fallen on the receiving end of hard and fast-lined trolls and criticism from Indian cricket fans. It all happened after the video of Sethi started making rounds on social media; he is claiming that PSL has more digital ratings than the Indian T20 League.
"Let’s talk about digital. PSL was only at the halfway stage, so I asked about our digital rating. Najam Sethi's shows used to have a 0.5 rating on TV, whereas PSL is getting a rating of more than 11. So, it would be 18 or 20, when it completes,” said Sethi in a press conference before the final between Lahore Qalandars and Multan Sultans.
"Over 150 million people watched it digitally. It is not a small thing. At the same stage, IPL’s digital rating was 130 million and PSL's was more than 150 million. So, this is a great success for Pakistan,” he added later.
Although this statement from the PCB chief didn’t go down well with a section of the Indian cricket fans; they immediately took to Twitter the comment section of the video posted by a Pakistan journalist; featuring Najam Sethi with his claims.
Here’s how fans reacted:
hotstar ka bata.. n proof de.. ase mic pe ake kuch bhi bak dega.. Kindly validate the claim.. is majak league ko kon dekhta hoga.. sirf virat batting karne ata he to 135M View hotstar pe ate he koi bhi match me.. 😂😂
— IITian_CricketWala (@FlickshotSujeet) March 19, 2023
hello PCB chairman, is only IPL is the cricket league in the world?
— Ashish (@Ashish19tech) March 19, 2023
i don’t know how you are posted as chairman in Pak, bhaisaheb world ki best banane ki kosis karo , puri life bs padosi ki taraf dekh dekh ke jiyoge
Or ha next month ho rahi ipl v dekh lena brand value ap v🙏🏻
kal ko Najam Sethi or inka PM bolega ki:
— Tech World (@tech_world07) March 19, 2023
Pakistan is largest country in the world.
Pakistan won the every World Cup.
Pakistan is best Fifa team.
People not live on earth.. People live in PAKISTAN only.
and Farid and other pak: ree pkka sach hai inshallah Najam sethi scha hai😭
Bc China 🇨🇳 mai log Cricket dekhte nahi, india 🇮🇳 mai log dekh nahi rahe
— 🌈 Chirkut हBB👑ناماس ཏམེ རོ♻️ (@Bombay_Viking) March 19, 2023
Rating aakhir aa kahan se rahi hai 😎 Nigeria , Uganda.. Holo lu lu se…
hotstar ka bata.. n proof de.. ase mic pe ake kuch bhi bak dega.. Kindly validate the claim.. is majak league ko kon dekhta hoga.. sirf virat batting karne ata he to 135M View hotstar pe ate he koi bhi match me.. 😂😂
— IITian_CricketWala (@FlickshotSujeet) March 19, 2023
thik hai 😥 pic.twitter.com/vrLx0BCqmY
— Anshu (@anshu62811070) March 19, 2023
Which is more better IPL or PSL?
— Shankar More Patil🇮🇳 (@shankupatil_96k) March 20, 2023
IPL teams are generally considered to be stronger than PSL teams due to the presence of more international players. IPL teams attract some of the best cricket players in the world, making the tournament highly competitive.
Bhai yeah ganja mujhe bhi dilva do
— ACID (@ACID_CHEL) March 19, 2023
#HBLPSL8 #IPL2023 pagla gaye kya 😂 cost of brand Virat Kohli equate to PSL total cost 🤣 Khalid aanko se sapne dekhna aacha n Pakistani are at best to do so 🙃
— Gour 🇮🇳 (@aluoo) March 19, 2023
Humne socha tha ek ramiz Raja hee tha ,ye to us se bada wala nikla , or us se bhi jyada selfcalled journalist 😂😂
— vikram yadav (@vikramkhadotiya) March 19, 2023
Earlier, Sethi also made it to the headlines for his statement regarding the involvement of Pakistan in the ODI World Cup 2023; scheduled in India later this year.
"We have complex issues on hand but for me when I go to the ACC and ICC meetings I have kept all options open for us and we have to take a clear position now," said Sethi in a press conference last week.
"I have kept my options open because when all teams are coming to Pakistan and have no issues with security. Then why is India worried about security? In the same way, we can also have security concerns over sending our team to India for the World Cup and I will be bringing this to the table at the coming meetings," he added later.