When is a sport at its peak? When two of the biggest names in that sport are about to go head to head. There is nothing like a good sports rivalry that brings up adrenaline levels and keeps an audience hooked to a screen. Rafael Nadal vs Novak Djokovic, Los Angeles Lakers vs Boston Celtics, Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier, Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees and of course India vs Pakistan. Unfortunately for cricket enthusiasts, the India vs Pakistan game has yielded no result in the past one week. The first match between the two countries during the Asia Cup produced no result due to rain. The second game, the Super 4 face-off too ended up being pushed to the reserve day – Sept 11 due to rains.
Obviously there has been mixed emotions due to this. High excitement and increasing frustration. Both fans and brands have expressed these emotions on social media. Here are some of those examples of moment marketing by brands that capitalised on the situation.
only 2 possible results in today's #INDvPAK match:
1. it rains
2. india winswe are ready either ways ๐ฅฐ pic.twitter.com/5aIXLu2umY
— Swiggy (@Swiggy) September 10, 2023
Entire nation is praying Reely hard that the rain stops & doesn't interfere in our win today ๐คฒ#INDvsPAK #AsiaCup2023 @BCCI #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/QQeoKKEtxc
— Dunzo (@DunzoIt) September 10, 2023
.@baarish we're not accepting your booking for today ๐ค#INDvsPAK #AsiaCup2023 #Colombo
— Uber India (@Uber_India) September 10, 2023
๐ Started with a storm, ended with one as well ๐ง๏ธ๐ฅฒ
Manifesting blue skies, not covers tomorrow ๐ค๐ผ#INDvPAK #FreeMeinDekhteJaao #AsiaCup2023 #AsiaCupOnHotstar #Cricket— Disney+ Hotstar (@DisneyPlusHS) September 10, 2023
tap to witness pure king energy๐ pic.twitter.com/0aXomNiBJK
— prime video IN (@PrimeVideoIN) September 8, 2023
pls god, no badal barsa bijuli today ๐
— boAt (@RockWithboAt) September 10, 2023
The only interest that doesnโt need a payback!#iykyk ๐#IndiavsPak
— Tata Capital (@tatacapital) September 10, 2023