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[PICTURE] Is ICC abandoning idea of impartiality with such pictures?

freelance_cricketer said:
He is called King Kohli by many in cricket world.

He is also by far the most revered cricketer in the world by far.

Nothing OTT about it. India is also like 90% of cricket anyway.
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But does that justify making a mockery of cricket with such images? What about the other participants? Should they all pack up and go home?
 
Mr.Q said:
I get your point bro. But I see it differently. Doesn’t it mean they have respect for us? They wouldn’t have done it if they thought we’re inferior to them in some way. What I see in the image is acknowledgement and respect; not memories of colonialism.
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Acknowledgement and respect such as this is not worth having. No bias here man.... Would have been much better if they put lungi or some desi attire... In this pic they made him look like mountbatten...
 
BaankeJi said:
My point is that India as a nation or BCCI as a cricket board is being criticized for something that may not even have their official stamp on it.
I don't even think ICC as an institution is approving all tweets posted by "ICC" handle. It just seems to be operated by a single person who has a lot of time at hands.
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True and I am saying that some indian fans are going at length to defend this..... Mind boggling
 
ekpakistani said:
Acknowledgement and respect such as this is not worth having. No bias here man.... Would have been much better if they put lungi or some desi attire... In this pic they made him look like mountbatten...
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I know why you are mentioning Mountbatten lol. That image definitely isn’t based on Mountbatten. Don’t understand why you’re dragging in colonialism here. I don’t see any issues at all with the image. The English theme has probably to do with the World Cup being held in England.
 
When I first saw that on my facebook feed I thought French Montana had dropped some new album cover art.
 
Mr.Q said:
I know why you are mentioning Mountbatten lol. That image definitely isn’t based on Mountbatten. Don’t understand why you’re dragging in colonialism here. I don’t see any issues at all with the image. The English theme has probably to do with the World Cup being held in England.
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I doubt you get it. Let me test.. How many members of current indian squad including Kohli are Christians?

To me this seems like Indians needed assurance and approval from whites.

If english theme.. There are many options not just this
 
There is no need for our fans to burn.

Kohli is the biggest cricketer in the world and the face of modern cricket. In fact, he is 100x time bigger than the whole Pakistan team, and by the time he retires, he will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the top 5 biggest players in history of the game.

It is only normal for him to get extra publicity and hype. It is no different for other top athletes in other sports.

Messi gets more hype and publicity from La Liga’s social media than any other player in the league, and someone like Tiger Woods gets all the hype before major tournaments even though he is past his prime.

The problem here is that we are extremely bitter because no contemporary Pakistani player is worthy of being in the same room as Kohli, and we are extremely bitter that an Indian captain is the biggest superstar in the game.

If a Pakistani player was as big as Kohli and the ICC would have created such an image for him, would we be whining? Of course not.
 
Mamoon said:
There is no need for our fans to burn.

Kohli is the biggest cricketer in the world and the face of modern cricket. In fact, he is 100x time bigger than the whole Pakistan team, and by the time he retires, he will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the top 5 biggest players in history of the game.

It is only normal for him to get extra publicity and hype. It is no different for other top athletes in other sports.

Messi gets more hype and publicity from La Liga’s social media than any other player in the league, and someone like Tiger Woods gets all the hype before major tournaments even though he is past his prime.

The problem here is that we are extremely bitter because no contemporary Pakistani player is worthy of being in the same room as Kohli, and we are extremely bitter that an Indian captain is the biggest superstar in the game.

If a Pakistani player was as big as Kohli and the ICC would have created such an image for him, would we be whining? Of course not.
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Come on Mamoon. Please dont be so illogical like that. No ones burning.

This post is rather embarrasing from ICC and this is not an isolated event. This is following a string of actions cricketing bodies have taken that show a clear bias for BCCI.

1) ACC let indian team stay in dubai and all their matches were slotted in Dubai out of the arrogance of indian team.

2) ICC in a clear show of unfairness and bias played india's match first after teams have played their two matches.

3) And now this extremely cringey and embarrasing tweet after Kohli failed in his innings against SA.


Look, i understand youtubers cricketing analyst and pundits showing bias towards India to pander to the audience but trust me this show of bias is very worrying and leaves a very bad impression of ICC.
 
ICC has no authority.It is a subordinate of BCCI.It started when India came with the idea of big three.Most of the money from ICC events goes to the big three now.It used to be distributed fairly before.ICC schedules matches according to wishes of BCCI.India has had so many checkers but ICC never bans them.Indian players get away with breach of rules too.They don't get punished as much as players from other countries.
 
ekpakistani said:
I doubt you get it. Let me test.. How many members of current indian squad including Kohli are Christians?

To me this seems like Indians needed assurance and approval from whites.

If english theme.. There are many options not just this
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Christians? What? Man you’re overthinking this. None of us here feel inferior to any nation or race. So an image of Kohli in English ‘royal’ outfit doesn’t look problematic to us at all. It’s all in your mind, if you think you’re inferior to them, you are. You’re looking at it from a very narrow angle. Anyways, let’s not divert from the major concern of the OP which is the bias towards India.
There might be some bias, but I don’t think this picture represents it. ‘King Kohli in England’. That’s the ‘alt text’ to this image as far as I’m concerned. You guys are reading too much into it.
 
Slim said:
Come on Mamoon. Please dont be so illogical like that. No ones burning.

This post is rather embarrassing from ICC and this is not an isolated event. This is following a string of actions cricketing bodies have taken that show a clear bias for BCCI.

1) ACC let indian team stay in dubai and all their matches were slotted in Dubai out of the arrogance of indian team.

2) ICC in a clear show of unfairness and bias played india's match first after teams have played their two matches.

3) And now this extremely cringey and embarrassing tweet after Kohli failed in his innings against SA.

Look, i understand youtubers cricketing analyst and pundits showing bias towards India to pander to the audience but trust me this show of bias is very worrying and leaves a very bad impression of ICC.
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I see nothing embarrassing here. Kohli is the biggest star in the game, and ICC, like every other sporting body, give more attention and hype to its biggest player. It literally happens in other sports as well, and it has nothing to do with bias.

As far as ICC allowing India a week off, again, we have reached a point where no matter what ICC or BCCI does with respect to Indian cricket, Pakistani fans will always complain.

Had India played a 5 match ODI series in England right before the World Cup and had the best possible preparation like Pakistan did, our fans would whine that it was a conspiracy by BCCI and how they have an unfair advantage now because their players have acclimatised with the conditions, they are match ready and have been able to finalise their best squad.

However, since it was Pakistan, we don't have a reason to complain and neither are Indian fans or any other set of fans complaining about why Pakistan got an unfair advantage.

India getting a week off can also be interpreted negatively depending on your bias. One can argue that since other teams have already played two matches, they have had a good look at the conditions and are in a position where they can finalise their playing XI.

On the other hand, the Indian players might be lacking in rhythm and match practice because of the lay-off, which could backfire.

In addition, India are going to play their last match before Australia and South Africa, and only a day after Pakistan, which means that their fixture list is more congested and they will play their 9 matches in 7 less days compared to other teams, which means that they are at a greater risk of getting their players injured.

I can guarantee you that if Pakistan were getting an extra week off, our fans would be using the above stated argument to insist that it is unfair to Pakistan and it is a result of BCCI's bullying.

ACC did accommodate India's matches in Dubai, but the fact is that BCCI is bigger than ACC. ACC is a bogus organisation with no real power, and the real ACC is BCCI itself. If BCCI backs out, there will be no Asia Cup in the first place.

Before we accusing BCCI of being a bully, we need to understand and how explore how they got themselves into that position in the first place. Yes they have the biggest population in the game, but back in the 90's, they were as wretched as PCB is today with no influence.

However, they made smart decisions and established long-term objectives that enabled them to become the post powerful board in the world. All boards would love to have the same influence as BCCI, and there is no reason to hate because they are more competent than other boards.
 
Even on cricinfo match commentary they were building up that KL Rahul hack like he is second coming of Ponting.
 
We also have Gayle, Smith, Williamson, buttler, Babar Azam who are all leading players in the world but ICC has to put its mouth where the money is..
 
Its just marketing! Kohli is a very good player(becoming legend) and he is popular sports icon not only in India but also in other parts of the world. There is nothing wrong in it by highlighting him. But there is no denying that sometimes India gets unethical favor from Icc. You have to just live with that.
 
Mamoon said:
I see nothing embarrassing here. Kohli is the biggest star in the game, and ICC, like every other sporting body, give more attention and hype to its biggest player. It literally happens in other sports as well, and it has nothing to do with bias.

As far as ICC allowing India a week off, again, we have reached a point where no matter what ICC or BCCI does with respect to Indian cricket, Pakistani fans will always complain.

Had India played a 5 match ODI series in England right before the World Cup and had the best possible preparation like Pakistan did, our fans would whine that it was a conspiracy by BCCI and how they have an unfair advantage now because their players have acclimatised with the conditions, they are match ready and have been able to finalise their best squad.

However, since it was Pakistan, we don't have a reason to complain and neither are Indian fans or any other set of fans complaining about why Pakistan got an unfair advantage.

India getting a week off can also be interpreted negatively depending on your bias. One can argue that since other teams have already played two matches, they have had a good look at the conditions and are in a position where they can finalise their playing XI.

On the other hand, the Indian players might be lacking in rhythm and match practice because of the lay-off, which could backfire.

In addition, India are going to play their last match before Australia and South Africa, and only a day after Pakistan, which means that their fixture list is more congested and they will play their 9 matches in 7 less days compared to other teams, which means that they are at a greater risk of getting their players injured.

I can guarantee you that if Pakistan were getting an extra week off, our fans would be using the above stated argument to insist that it is unfair to Pakistan and it is a result of BCCI's bullying.

ACC did accommodate India's matches in Dubai, but the fact is that BCCI is bigger than ACC. ACC is a bogus organisation with no real power, and the real ACC is BCCI itself. If BCCI backs out, there will be no Asia Cup in the first place.

Before we accusing BCCI of being a bully, we need to understand and how explore how they got themselves into that position in the first place. Yes they have the biggest population in the game, but back in the 90's, they were as wretched as PCB is today with no influence.

However, they made smart decisions and established long-term objectives that enabled them to become the post powerful board in the world. All boards would love to have the same influence as BCCI, and there is no reason to hate because they are more competent than other boards.
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POTW. Perfect and honest post. Many people here won't agree with this truth and live in denial but you are 100% correct.
 
Mr.Q said:
Christians? What? Man you’re overthinking this. None of us here feel inferior to any nation or race. So an image of Kohli in English ‘royal’ outfit doesn’t look problematic to us at all. It’s all in your mind, if you think you’re inferior to them, you are. You’re looking at it from a very narrow angle. Anyways, let’s not divert from the major concern of the OP which is the bias towards India.
There might be some bias, but I don’t think this picture represents it. ‘King Kohli in England’. That’s the ‘alt text’ to this image as far as I’m concerned. You guys are reading too much into it.
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You didn’t answer my question.
 
People missing the point. For me there is no issue in promoting players who deserve the praise and Kohli is one of them.

However, it’s in bad taste when people look up for approval from those who colonized them and also feel proud to promote it here.

Keep living in the bubble but this is nothing to be proud of.
 
so you are saying marketing the best player in the world for promoting cricket is colonialism..
I ask what if this was some pakistani player would you guys have reacted in the same way ?? no.... you would have been enjoying..:jk:jk.
 
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Why people have problem what icc doing on their twitter handle .it's all about marketing & no one bigger than Virat Kohli at the moment in cricketing world .
 
coredev said:
so you are saying marketing the best player in the world for promoting cricket is colonialism..
I ask what if this was some pakistani player would you guys have reacted in the same way ?? no.... you would have been enjoying..:jk:jk.
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I will still object doesn’t matter if it is Pakistani player being dressed up as such
 
Angrez Pakistani said:
Isn't the crown in picture typical of a Christian king?
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I doubt that was intentional, if there was any symbolism probably more of a nod to colonial era.

Even if Kohli is considered king of cricket by fans, I don't think it's the ICC's position to act like fans. An image of Kohli playing a regal shot would have been more appropriate.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
I doubt that was intentional, if there was any symbolism probably more of a nod to colonial era.

Even if Kohli is considered king of cricket by fans, I don't think it's the ICC's position to act like fans. An image of Kohli playing a regal shot would have been more appropriate.
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Issue is that it’s endorsed by ICC on their official twitter account and bloke even looks more like Kl Rahul than Kohli but blind ****** need to defend this. They love colonialism as slavery is what they loved even during British rule days or during Mughal empire time.
 
Imagine something like this in football WC of Messi or Ronaldo alone and no such fan (In this case ICC) made drawing of other stars in football. There would have been an uproar.

ICC is just acting immature along with some of the fans.
 
I do agree that whoever made this should have made him look like an Indian king rather than a western one.
 
However, one can argue that this is a stereotypical image of what a king looks like.
 
Mamoon said:
However, one can argue that this is a stereotypical image of what a king looks like.
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This
The image is all about how a king should visually look like. ROYAL
Nothing to do with religion or colonialism.
 
Mamoon said:
I see nothing embarrassing here. Kohli is the biggest star in the game, and ICC, like every other sporting body, give more attention and hype to its biggest player. It literally happens in other sports as well, and it has nothing to do with bias.

As far as ICC allowing India a week off, again, we have reached a point where no matter what ICC or BCCI does with respect to Indian cricket, Pakistani fans will always complain.

Had India played a 5 match ODI series in England right before the World Cup and had the best possible preparation like Pakistan did, our fans would whine that it was a conspiracy by BCCI and how they have an unfair advantage now because their players have acclimatised with the conditions, they are match ready and have been able to finalise their best squad.

However, since it was Pakistan, we don't have a reason to complain and neither are Indian fans or any other set of fans complaining about why Pakistan got an unfair advantage.

India getting a week off can also be interpreted negatively depending on your bias. One can argue that since other teams have already played two matches, they have had a good look at the conditions and are in a position where they can finalise their playing XI.

On the other hand, the Indian players might be lacking in rhythm and match practice because of the lay-off, which could backfire.

In addition, India are going to play their last match before Australia and South Africa, and only a day after Pakistan, which means that their fixture list is more congested and they will play their 9 matches in 7 less days compared to other teams, which means that they are at a greater risk of getting their players injured.

I can guarantee you that if Pakistan were getting an extra week off, our fans would be using the above stated argument to insist that it is unfair to Pakistan and it is a result of BCCI's bullying.

ACC did accommodate India's matches in Dubai, but the fact is that BCCI is bigger than ACC. ACC is a bogus organisation with no real power, and the real ACC is BCCI itself. If BCCI backs out, there will be no Asia Cup in the first place.

Before we accusing BCCI of being a bully, we need to understand and how explore how they got themselves into that position in the first place. Yes they have the biggest population in the game, but back in the 90's, they were as wretched as PCB is today with no influence.

However, they made smart decisions and established long-term objectives that enabled them to become the post powerful board in the world. All boards would love to have the same influence as BCCI, and there is no reason to hate because they are more competent than other boards.
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Kohli without doubt is a big star and probably the second best batsman after Steve Smith but what ICC did was stupid and cringey. If UEFA or Fifa have ever shared such a picture for Messi or Ronaldo, i will take it back. And i know you wont because no other organization does cringey and backward bending for a single team like that. Also, if you didnt know cricket is a team game, and they have mentioned WC wins in the picture which Kohli had no significant hand in.

Theres nothing wrong in admitting ICC's clear bias for BCCI. Its simply a fact, acknowledgement is basically us doing the max that we can in terms of raising our voice against this biasness.

And you mentioned that only Pakistani fans are complaining wrt to India's favorite kid treatment, you are wrong. Your view is myopic. If you consider things beyond this forum, there are many other fans from different nations voicing their opinion against this.

And your argument wrt to Pakistan playing Enlgand is totally irrelevant. ICC didnt gave special treatment to Pakistan and allowed only them to play against England. It was an understanding between the two boards during the time Indian board was busy in their IPL. However, in this case ICC made fully sure to give India preferential treatment by alloting them extra time to chill.

Chalo, im glad that you admit that ACC is nothing in front of BCCI and basically bended their back for BCCI. Good of you to admit that.

I hope you have the courage to admit that ICC has unfairly favored BCCI as well and the bias is now fully out in the open.

No where in the history of sports an international body gotten so badly bullied by a single country. Cricket is nothing in front of football but you would never see such fraudlent favoritism innit.

It is an abject failure of ICC, nothing else and their current state of sucking up to BCCI is supremely embarrassing.
 
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Slim said:
POTW my foot. The post is filled with strawman argumentative fallacies.
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And yet you have failed to explain why starting the tournament one week later - and playing 9 matches in a shorter time period than any other team - cannot be considered a disadvantage.
 
Mamoon said:
However, one can argue that this is a stereotypical image of what a king looks like.
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Even Indians don't know what an Indian king looks like to be fair. So in that sense looking like an English king is probably seen as highest praise.
 
It was a dumb thing to do but if any cricketer should be portrayed as such it's gotta be Kohli . He's the global face of cricket 2019. Lol at someone who mentioned Babar Azam :))
 
Here is a picture of the crown jewels as worn by the royal family of England. See any similarities?


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Mostly Pakistani peoples have problem with this other than no one but its not Frist time they crying they always do .
 
Slim said:
Kohli without doubt is a big star and probably the second best batsman after Steve Smith but what ICC did was stupid and cringey. If UEFA or Fifa have ever shared such a picture for Messi or Ronaldo, i will take it back. And i know you wont because no other organization does cringey and backward bending for a single team like that. Also, if you didnt know cricket is a team game, and they have mentioned WC wins in the picture which Kohli had no significant hand in.

Theres nothing wrong in admitting ICC's clear bias for BCCI. Its simply a fact, acknowledgement is basically us doing the max that we can in terms of raising our voice against this **.
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Firstly, Kohli is the best batsman in the world not Smith. One can argue that he is better in Tests, but across all formats, Kohli has no match and his stock is higher than Smith even in Australia.

20-30 years down the line, this era will be remembered as the Kohli era and not the Smith era. Kohli is not just a big star, he is the biggest star in the game today by miles, and the quicker we make peace with it the better.

You are fixated with the ICC making him look like a king, but they have not crowned him as world champion; they have him made him look like a king because he is known as King Kohli. That is all there is to it. If his nickname wasn’t King Kohli, they wouldn’t make him look like a king.

UEFA and FIFA are too big, but ICC is more like La Liga and India is like Madrid and Barcelona. They have too much power and influence, and rightly so.

La Liga gives its two main teams excessive coverage and players like Messi and Ronaldo (in the past) always used to be in the spotlight. It is perfectly normal and understandable. The big superstars always get more coverage.

In golf, Tiger Woods always gets live coverage even when he is not among the leaders, and that is because he is the biggest superstar in golf and people always turn up to watch him. Is it wrong? Clearly not.

You and others can raise your voice on PP and social media as much as you want, but it won’t change a thing. BCCI is and all remain the most powerful board in the country thanks to the incompetence of other boards. BCCI deserves to be in this position because it has worked hard for it.

For example, Pakistan flirted with the idea of T20 cricket, then England put it into practice, but India saw the future of the game and took it to the next level with the IPL.

Other cricket boards started crapping their pants and decided to copy the model because they were too slow off their feet unlike BCCI.

And you mentioned that only Pakistani fans are complaining wrt to India's favorite kid treatment, you are wrong. Your view is myopic. If you consider things beyond this forum, there are many other fans from different nations voicing their opinion against this.
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Pakistani fans usually complain more. We cannot digest the fact that Indian cricket is much bigger than Pakistan cricket. As I said, no matter what ICC or BCCI does, we find reasons to whine. It is pathetic really.

And your argument wrt to Pakistan playing Enlgand is totally irrelevant. ICC didnt gave special treatment to Pakistan and allowed only them to play against England. It was an understanding between the two boards during the time Indian board was busy in their IPL. However, in this case ICC made fully sure to give India preferential treatment by alloting them extra time to chill.
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How is it irrelevant? Explain to me how a 5 match series against England in England is not a bigger advantage than merely starting the tournament a week later? Also, explain to me how playing 9 matches in 7 less days than every other team is an advantage?

What stopped BCCI from bullying ICC into ensuring that are the last team to finish their group games?

Chalo, im glad that you admit that ACC is nothing in front of BCCI and basically bended their back for BCCI. Good of you to admit that.

I hope you have the courage to admit that ICC has unfairly favored BCCI as well and the bias is now fully out in the open.
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There is no bias at all. BCCI generates more revenue for ICC than all other boards put together. It is only normal that they have more influence and power than other boards. Besides, this is just a post by their social media team that has trolled India in the past as well.

No where in the history of sports an international body gotten so badly bullied by a single country. Cricket is nothing in front of football but you would never see such fraudlent favoritism innit. It is an abject failure of ICC, nothing else and their current state of sucking up to BCCI is supremely embarrassing.
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FIFA is more powerful than ICC. Just compare the number of teams that play international football to the number of teams that play international cricket. ICC is a small organization and one particular members generates more money than all others combined. It is only normal for BCCI to have more power than other boards.

The problem with you and a few others that you are selectively highlighting examples that makes BCCI look like a bully, but you are also conveniently ignoring examples that show that BCCI is not nearly abusing its power as much as it can and it is also not alienating Pakistan cricket to its full potential.
 
ekpakistani said:
Thanks for answering. So why promote a crown that has cross on it?
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It’s not just any crown. It’s the crown of the royal family. It completes the look. Without the crown it would look incomplete. Look bro I’m a Muslim too but I (in fact 99% of Indians) am not silly enough to raise that as an issue. This is why I said you’re talking from a very narrow view. There’s absolutely nothing wrong in the image. Colonialism is a thing of the past. If you still worry about signs of it in everything, I’d say you have a self confidence issue. A large % of the members here are from the UK. If your theory is followed most of them would struggle to even get food on the table. I want to see how consistent you are with your views :moali.
 
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Mr.Q said:
It’s not just any crown. It’s the crown of the royal family. It completes the look. Without the crown it would look incomplete. Look bro I’m a Muslim too but I (in fact 99% of Indians) am not silly enough to raise that as an issue. This is why I said you’re talking from a very narrow view. There’s absolutely nothing wrong in the image. Colonialism is a thing of the past. If you still worry about signs of it in everything, I’d say you have a self confidence issue. A large % of the members here are from the UK. If your theory is followed most of them would struggle to even get food on the table. I want to see how consistent you are with your views :moali.
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Colonialism is not a thing of past. It's just a bit less obvious in its modern day manifestations.
 
Angrez Pakistani said:
Colonialism is not a thing of past. It's just a bit less obvious in its modern day manifestations.
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Yeah it is in the minds of some people. Why should we even pay attention to it? And would you say this picture is a reminder of colonialism? It actually depicts the opposite if you ask me.
 
Mamoon said:
If they were to make him look like a typical Indian king or perhaps make him look a deity with a fork in his hand, some people would cry racism.
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I don't see why. What is racist about an Indian king? I think it's more a case of it's been so long since we've seen one we no longer associate Indians with a royal image. Would Mughal sultans not count? If he was dressed in a similar fashion to Akbar it would probably be more appropriate.
 
I think Pak fans would like their team to play in traditional dress rather than Tees and trousers.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
I don't see why. What is racist about an Indian king? I think it's more a case of it's been so long since we've seen one we no longer associate Indians with a royal image. Would Mughal sultans not count? If he was dressed in a similar fashion to Akbar it would probably be more appropriate.
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He is not a Muslim, so making him look a Mughal King would attract similar criticism.
 
Angrez Pakistani said:
Keep telling that to yourself if it makes you feel any better.
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Lol I don’t have any issues with the image. You are the ones crying about it. I think you misunderstood what I said. I said colonialism is there in the minds of some white people. We shouldn’t pay attention or worry about it.
 
Mr.Q said:
Lol I don’t have any issues with the image. You are the ones crying about it. I think you misunderstood what I said. I said colonialism is there in the minds of some white people. We shouldn’t pay attention or worry about it.
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Colonialism is not an imaginary concept. It has serious practical implications.
 
Mr.Q said:
It’s not just any crown. It’s the crown of the royal family. It completes the look. Without the crown it would look incomplete. Look bro I’m a Muslim too but I (in fact 99% of Indians) am not silly enough to raise that as an issue. This is why I said you’re talking from a very narrow view. There’s absolutely nothing wrong in the image. Colonialism is a thing of the past. If you still worry about signs of it in everything, I’d say you have a self confidence issue. A large % of the members here are from the UK. If your theory is followed most of them would struggle to even get food on the table. I want to see how consistent you are with your views :moali.
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Not sure what happened to my earlier reply to this.

1. You know nothing about me and this is a public forum, suggest you stay on topic without getting personal

2. If this is such a silly thing for you then just stay away from this thread and stop being narrow minded by making wild assumptions just to prove your point

3. If colonialism is a thing of the past then such endorsement and blatant promotion by a sports governing body should be of a huge concern, certainly not something to be dismissed

Brushing away such things will only encourage people of such mindset to promote.
 
SarfiBabarHaris said:
Steve Smith not Kohli is the most valuable player in world cricket right now. A true fighter!
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MP2011 said:
Is that the same Smith guy who got banned for 1 year for cheating? I'd keep my less valuable but honest Kohli.
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Everyone do mistakes in life. Its about how you react and come back after that. And tbh Smith got a very harsh treatment by being banned for 1 year.

He is now back and will rule the world again.

Already won his team a world cup by scoring 50s in quarter final, semi final and final of world cup. In tests the less said the better.

Smithy for me the most priced wicket in this world cup despite being out for 1 year..
 
So what Smith did was just a mistake. You learn something new everyday.
 
MP2011 said:
So what Smith did was just a mistake. You learn something new everyday.
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Cheating / mistake yes but he has done his time and got a really harsh punishment already. Cant curse him forever for that. Should we?
 
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Mamoon said:
However, one can argue that this is a stereotypical image of what a king looks like.
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And the fact that the World Cup is in England. This isn’t a colonial king image, more like 16th century.
 
Yes BCCI is strong in ICC. Always you guys have problem with our board.

My question to armchair critics, tell me why your board is not strong. First correct your faults in your Board.
 
Angrez Pakistani said:
You do realise that colonialism was fully in operation during the 16th century, right?
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I’m not going into a debate about history but 16th century colonialism does not have the evil connotations as compared to the 18th-20th century colonial empire does.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
It was a dumb thing to do but if any cricketer should be portrayed as such it's gotta be Kohli . He's the global face of cricket 2019. Lol at someone who mentioned Babar Azam :))
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lol. Indians and their delusions. There is no such thing as a global face of cricket, each nation reveres its' own players unless you are a self hater.

ICC post was aimed at the Indian audience.
 
KingKhanWC said:
lol. Indians and their delusions. There is no such thing as a global face of cricket, each nation reveres its' own players unless you are a self hater.

ICC post was aimed at the Indian audience.
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He is global face, you like it or not dosent matter at all.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
It was a dumb thing to do but if any cricketer should be portrayed as such it's gotta be Kohli . He's the global face of cricket 2019. Lol at someone who mentioned Babar Azam :))
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Care to explain what is "global face of cricket" because your global face will be different from my global face.
 
Mkumar825 said:
He is global face, you like it or not dosent matter at all.
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According to you an Indian.

Ask anyone in England to name a cricketer, most will say Botham or Flintoff. Ask anyone in England to name a current cricketer and it will be Stokes, Root or Morgan.
 
KingKhanWC said:
According to you an Indian.

Ask anyone in England to name a cricketer, most will say Botham or Flintoff. Ask anyone in England to name a current cricketer and it will be Stokes, Root or Morgan.
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All UK newspaper describe virat as King Kohli .
 
Syed1 said:
Care to explain what is "global face of cricket" because your global face will be different from my global face.
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Dude has been watching thousands of hours of IPL including the adverts, post match analysis ....on repeat. Give him a break.
 
Just promoting their brand with the help of it's most popular cricketer? Only Pakistanis can see something wrong with that So you are offended because he is called King? He is the King in world cricket.
 
ekpakistani said:
Not sure what happened to my earlier reply to this.

1. You know nothing about me and this is a public forum, suggest you stay on topic without getting personal
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Sorry if I hurt your feelings in any way. I was constantly trying to bring our conversation back to the topic. The topic is not colonisation but the alleged bias of the ICC towards the BCCI.

2. If this is such a silly thing for you then just stay away from this thread and stop being narrow minded by making wild assumptions just to prove your point

3. If colonialism is a thing of the past then such endorsement and blatant promotion by a sports governing body should be of a huge concern, certainly not something to be dismissed

Brushing away such things will only encourage people of such mindset to promote.
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This is where I disagree with you. Most of us don’t see that image as a promotion of colonisation. I still don’t understand how it can be seen as a promotion of colonisation. Let’s just agree to disagree.
 
Mkumar825 said:
Becouse he is India so Pak will never accept but truth is bitter .
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Kohli is arguably much more appreciated in Pakistan than in India. Our appreciation for Kohli stems from the fact that we never had a batsman as prolific as Kohli in our team. That's not something to be bitter about. It's actually inspirational to be able to look up to someone that good.
 
Angrez Pakistani said:
Kohli is arguably much more appreciated in Pakistan than in India. Our appreciation for Kohli stems from the fact that we never had a batsman as prolific as Kohli in our team. That's not something to be bitter about. It's actually inspirational to be able to look up to someone that good.
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Would never want anyone from our lot to follow him.Abusive,vulgar,foul mouthed cannot be someone I would want our players to emulate.Williamson or Dravid are best examples
 
People wouldn't have complained if it was let say Universe Boss or Dre Russ or Rabada.

But we all know who is the King! Don't we? So it's appropriate.
 
Syed1 said:
Care to explain what is "global face of cricket" because your global face will be different from my global face.
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Well even the English women's team know who Kohli is. Non-cricket fans are more likely to know who Kohli is than any other active cricketer. :jk
 
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