New ‘Mauka Mauka’ ad trolls New Zealand ahead of World Cup semi-final clash
New Zealand have reached the semifinals of the World Cup for six times but have not been able to convert it into a win.
SNS | New Delhi | July 9, 2019 3:25 pm
As the promising young Indian team prepares to fight New Zealand in the high-voltage semi-final clash of the World Cup 2019 on Tuesday, a new Mauka Mauka advertisement has been released and gone viral mocking the Kiwi supporters.
Mauka Mauka is the ad campaign that mocks Pakistan every time they face India. However, this time, after Pakistan were chased out of the tournament, the campaign expanded its paradigm to the matches with other countries, like that against England on 30th June and now against New Zealand today.
In the three-minute-42-second video, an agent is shown giving return tickets to fans of all the six teams who have not been able to make it to the knock-out stage of the ongoing World Cup, except Pakistan.
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A New Zealand fan is addressed by an India supporter as ‘king of brothers’ alongside Pakistan. “You (Pakistan) have lost to us seven times in World Cups and they (New Zealand) is going to lose for the seventh time in a World Cup semifinal,” says the Indian fan.
New Zealand have reached the semifinals of the World Cup six times but have not been able to convert any of them into a win.
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