The IPL fever has already started to grip the attentions of the cricket fans in the country with the tournament less than a month away now.
The Indian Premier League on Monday launched the anthem for the 2018 edition. The next season will commence on 7th April with the defending champions Mumbai Indians taking on Chennai Super Kings.
This is the first time the BCCI and Star India has collaborated to create an anthem for the campaign. This year puts spotlight on what the IPL stands for pitting the best in T20 cricket against each other.
They have named the anthem ‘Best vs Best’ which very well goes with the concept of the tournament.
However, the theme song of the tournament was slammed by the fans as the song is a copied version of a famous patriotic song ‘yeh desh hai veer jawano ka’ from the movie ‘Naya Daur’.
The artists who have assembled the song are South African film maker Dan Mace, music director Raajeev V. Bhalla and vocalist Siddhart Basrur, who sung the anthem in five different languages.
The fans have slammed the BCCI for copying the song. The previous theme songs produced by former broadcasters Sony were widely popular and were liked by the fans for its originality. However, this time it’s something the fans have already started missing.
Here is how twitter reacted.
https://twitter.com/imwolverine555/status/973391287289368576
https://twitter.com/saurabhmanjhi_/status/973233901614260226
Worst anthem in ipl history plz cosider that south indians also indian,how can we understand hindi release in english also
— Naveen krishnan (@krishnan__navin) March 12, 2018
Nice Music but not a good video …. am from Pakistan and anthem is too good …..
— Afreen Khan (@afreenkhan_real) March 12, 2018
Take time and come with best … Don't make it worst … ????
— Gopichand Bommineni (@GopiBommineni) March 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/imwolverine555/status/973388047801831424
Worst song ever in ipl history. We are disappointed.
— VK (@VK_Sachinist) March 13, 2018
Kya fuddu sa anthem bana diye ek kaam dhang se nahi hota bkl tum sab se.
— s. (@shyggar) March 12, 2018
You guys have come up with much better anthems in the past like India Ka Tyohaar and Yeh Dus Saal Aapke Naam etc. this is average at best.
— Nikhil Ram (@Nikhil_Rams) March 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/AliKhan01094376/status/973242921314082817
Very cheap song.. not able to match previous ipl songs.. disappointed ??
— CO-RONA (@syria_basha) March 12, 2018
Wrost IPL anthem till that , we are expecting something more then this…?!
@SonyMAX is far better then @StarSportsIndia !!#wrostanthem— Shubhanshu Singh (@Shubhanshuchamp) March 12, 2018
After watching this, I wonder what Steve Wozniak said was correct? @IPL
— Yash Mhatre (@TheYashMhatre) March 12, 2018
Plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz change the theme!! I can sure that no one would have liked this theme!! Iss theme ke badh I can predict it will decrease the trp of ipl
— Pawan Agarwal (@PawanAg52658381) March 12, 2018
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