This thing personally drives me really crazy, as it is start of Pakistan's domestic season for 2020-21 post-COVID-19 scenario, (side note: which might be highly unlikely to complete as per reports, the second wave is expected soon, but let our conversation be limited to cricket only), which was supposed to be shadowed by #IPL but thankfully it marked astonishment on me when I saw the presentation of PTV airing a domestic tournament.
Identity clash in IPL
When an entity is banned in broadcasted in Pakistan, why and what in the world does morally allow these good for nothing **** commenting as if IPL is theirs? This is not jealousy, this is the same thing India did to cope IT's identity crisis during 1990s, because of similarity between Hindi and Urdu, Hindi was overshadowed by Urdu at that era, this is not me saying, this was a genuine case when we used to see Roman Hindi and Urdu subtitles in Hindi cinema, so it was their right and rightly so they did, but what in the world does our own home grown commentators and presenters require to premier their whole YouTube Podcast on IPL instead of working hard and creating an alternative for Pakistani viewers to look for, just like Harsha Bhogle did for India. #Respect
But why I am saying "Identity Clash"
I am not going to utter anything, just read to comments of Indians on Pakistan's YouTube channel, as if this is their owned colony, which is ridiculous, when we have been giving them importance, they tend to act like snakes, although some idiots have been busy sycophantic with the Indians, and in return we have been seeing these. Disclaimer: These are only a few
No comparison between IPL and Pakistan's National T20 tournament
This is an idiocy and laughable as IPL is India's lucrative, cash-cow and premier tournament, otherwise National T20 is PCB's domestic tournament comprises of Pakistan's domestic players only just like India have Ranji and certain other Indian Domestic Tournaments comprising only of Indian players.
PTV and Pakistan's National T20 tournament
Just look at this screenshot, when I was storing this screenshot from YouTube, it was on 1060p, furthermore just a look into clarity of this image.
Continuous improvement in presentation and standard observed from the day this tournament started
This is for sure, as from the time this tournament was initiated, presentation has on the improvement and upward position, for which we should give sometime to the PCB, for working that hard to put honey into domestic tournament, hence word of appreciation for both the PCB and the PTV for placing such a nice show and niche commentators into Pakistan's domestic cricket. Furthermore, while watching the coverage of this same screenshot game, I have been observing Drone Views which has been another first in Pakistan's Domestic Games, for which I must say this is high time we should learn to appreciate what is good.
PCB doing it right
What we have been taught is Business Studies and Business Management, in order to place a new product, first give a better alternative, furthermore there is no emotional association for a Pakistani to IPL whereas vice versa the same with the likes of Sindh, Balochistan, Central and Southern Punjab, Northern and KP as they are our own boys and these are our own regions where we are associating them from.
In order to make Pakistan Cricket Important
We need to give patronage to our domestic cricket and let it be presented as a cash earning product, although due to current pandemic, the PCB might not be earning anything with regards to Gate Money etc but from broadcasting point of view, it is a high earning value point from the PCB from where they can have a marginal ROI.
The Commentary Team
In order to make it a product, this time the PCB has worked very hard to make it a product just like the production, where you can see from unedited screenshot of the game from YouTube Android App, which clearly shows their hard work from previous times where it was ordinary.
Furthermore to appreciate is the commentary team of this tournament, where they hired couple of good commentators, which might pave way for future Pakistani domestic games, to be presented the same way current National T20 tournament has gone.
Not everything is good
There are some loopholes which I observed, which should be taken as feedback not criticism.
The YouTubers
The Cricketing YouTubers played a پھوپو role who are always found in some رولا, where I heard someone say, ہم کیوں ان کو سپورٹ کریں ، ہمارا ہی پیسہ لے کر ایسی گٹھیا کوریج پر آپ کیا سمجھتے ہیں ہمیں کیا ان کو سپورٹ کرنا چاہئے؟ means they have been using our own money to bring this coverage, so why should we support them? My answer to them was and still is they have been gradually improving and consistent improvement is something matters the most, and as far as I could see, from the first game to game 9, there have been continuous, constant and quick improvement into their standards.
گھر کی مرغی دال برابر
furthermore, the insult on the injury has been that instead our YouTubers covering Pakistan's National T20 tournament, still commenting and praising IPL instead of bucking up our own domestic cricketers, which is a shame, as these guys were supposed to be promoting Pakistan Cricket instead of promoting an all alien T20 tournament, this is again as I mentioned above is not jealousy but giving importance to country's and nation's product, which India also did during 1990s, and now calling it as jealousy is something making me laugh hard.
Hiring of PR and Social Media groups
The PCB should incorporate authentic PR and Social Media Groups who can play with particular Hashtags and higher SEO scores, which marks Pakistan Cricket, which is what matters the most right now. Because every cricket board has it, which earns them media honey via broadcasting especially when now no crowd is allowed due to ongoing pandemic aka COVID-19, so the PCB must go for a contingency plan to earn gate-money off alternative sources.
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