Kohinoor diamond, now Tendulkar?
By Dileep Thekkethil
British Airways came under social media attack of Indian cricket fans as an executive in response to a complaint tweeted by living legend Sachin Tendulkar, asked the latter to produce his full name and address.
Tendulkar had tweeted to British Airways that he didn’t get confirmation tickets for his family despite the availability of seats and also complained that the airline officials misplaced his luggage. In response to the complaint of the retired Indian cricketing legend, the airlines tweeted to revert back with his full name and details of the luggage.
In India, Sachin Tendulkar is next to god, but the British Airways customer service executive who failed to recognize him didn’t know that his tweet would unleash the wrath of millions of his fans, who have been trolling the social media pages of the airline with hate comments.
Tendulkar tweeted on Friday: “Angry, Disappointed and Frustrated.. #BAdserviceBA Family member’s Waitlisted ticket not confirmed despite seats being available. And luggage being tagged by @British_Airways to wrong destination and don’t care attitude! #NeveronBAâ€
Responding to his complaint, British Airways social media executive tweeted “@sachin_rt We’re sorry to hear this Sachin, could you please DM us your baggage ref, full name and address so we can look into this for you?â€
The tweet of British Airways authorities ignited the anger of hard-line Sachin fans, some even asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to cancel his UK tour. Another fan of Sachin took a jibe at the current controversies surrounding Kohinoor diamond and Lalit Modi. He wrote, “Don’t return Lalit Modi, don’t return Kohinoor but please give God’s luggage back! Hahaâ€
British Airways later tweeted to sachin “Hi Sachin, we appreciate your understanding. We’ll do all we can to help. Let us know if you need anything. ^L”
This is not the first time that Sachin fans are getting infuriated over disregarding the legend. Earlier World No 3 tennis player Maria Sharapova had said in an interview that she did not know Tendulkar. This was followed by angry fans filling the twitter page of Sharapova with angry comments.