LONDON – The former South African cricketer AB devilliers is an absolutelegend because of his audacious shot-making capability, jaw-droppingfielding abilities and his jovial nature.
He also has a cult-like following in India where he plays for RoyalChallengers Bangalore in IPL. However, many of his Indian fans turnedagainst him for sharing a controversial creative on Instagram.
AB de Villiers shared an ad of a wine company which is starting business inNew Delhi. The creative shows a wine bottle on the roof of an auto, withthe tagline that ‘Eagle has landed’. This was perfectly acceptable exceptthe fact that there is a picture of Indian flag at the bottom right of thecreative. This got the goat of the trolls who have slammed the ad.
Some of the reactions are:
bhaskar_leopard shame of you.. for Indian Flag billions give their life..Kohli thought your Great batsman’s.. now alot ppl know what you are.. amongIndian ppl Fan’s of you.. this really shit
vk18wyatt28.clubThere is a player in south African team name hashim amlawho pay 50%of his match fee as a fine for not promoting alcohol brand onhis tee and now there is another who promote it. @abdevilliers17 @hashamla
pridhviraj.dDon’t misuse national flag. We are not ready to buy yourproduct until you realized our pride…
brijeshb: what the hell ABD?!!?
Indians though are famous for getting offended. From AIB roast to Snapchatvideo of Latha Mangeshkar, there is outrage about virtually everything.Even now, an ad between Abhishek Bachchan and Shweta Nanda has landed intotrouble with bankers getting offended. So it is no wonder that nationalflag in a wine ad generated heat on Instagram.