Mangalore, February 18: Within one hour, more than a thousand people voted against the name “IndiCommandos” for the Kerala IPL cricket team on Facebook on Wednesday. By Thursday, the number increased to 3,000.
Group
Jacob Joseph Puthenparambil, a publisher of trade journals, who started the group on Facebook, said: “Yes, 500 people supported (the page) in less than 30 minutes and about 1,300 in less than an hour.”
On what made him launch the Facebook page, he said: “I am deeply upset. What kind of a name is this?
It has no relation to the State and what is commando about cricket?”
Tinu Cherian, a technology professional from Bangalore, said that “IndiCommandos” sounded like something made up by a five-year-old.
He said: “The logo looks like the picture that accompanies a mosquito repellent. Because Kochi is known for mosquitoes, many people online are joking a lot about it.”
Mr. Puthenparambil said that one reason why so many people were objecting to the name could be because the word, in new lingo, meant something impolite.
He said: “There is something seriously wrong because after I set up the group and people start voicing their displeasure, they changed the name to “INDI COMAMDOS KERALA”. “This, actually makes it worse.”
More followers
He said that the group he started had more followers than the official team page, and “It is clear they are losing out on their Kerala fans and trying to make this some kind of an all-India team.”
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