Obviously, the International Cricket Council would leave no stone unturned and ramp up their marketing efforts to promote the event as much as possible.
One of the most effective methods is to photograph the captains of all the participating teams as they interact with one another. These images would then be used by online publications, newspapers, and YouTube artists to raise awareness about the tournament.
Such photoshoots, however, feel like a big gamble because the quality of the images can make or break the project. Fans aren’t feeling the vibe from Rohit Sharma and Babar Azam’s photos.
While the photos are great for a pre-wedding photoshoot, they are absolutely terrible for a sporting event, let alone a World Cup.
It appears that the sport’s global governing body simply ran out of funds to hire a decent sporting photographer and ended up bringing someone with a camera from the wedding banquet around the corner.
Worse, after the former Indian captain, Virat Kohli, married actress Anushka Sharma, they shared a couple of Diwali photos that look exactly like the ones the ICC took with Rohit and Babar.
Yes, we understand that there is a lot of friendship and camaraderie between Indian and Pakistani players, and that they meet and greet each other like family members, but they didn’t have to make it look like the two captains were getting married.
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