Pizza Hut and Sourav Ganguly delight Kolkata with a lip-smacking surprise

What if you were standing in a queue and suddenly discovered that the person standing next to you is your favorite celebrity or hero? Will you be starry-eyed, nervous or excited? That’s exactly how people assembled at the Sourav Ganguly Cricket Academy in Kolkata on the 15^th of May felt. After all, they had the Bengal Tiger himself standing amidst them, but they stood there, none the wiser.  

Leading pizza chain, Pizza Hut, which has always strived to delight its consumers with exciting and innovative offerings, whether it is a campaign, an ad, value-offers or the freshest pan pizzas, recently curated a massive surprise experience in the Kolkata, in a creative collaboration with Rannvijay Singha and Sourav Ganguly. The experience is yet another testimony to Pizza Hut’s promise of always making the overall experience of enjoying only the freshest and tastiest pan pizzas, a delightful one.

A social media campaign titled ‘Cricket with Rannvijay’ called out to cricket fans and the youth of Kolkata challenging them to play better than Rannvijay and get an opportunity to enjoy Pizza Hut pan pizzas with him. But the fun did not end there. 

A video released today, shows how the unsuspecting crowd was electrified with excitement as they realize that they ended up casually playing cricket, with none other than their superhero – Sourav Ganguly.

The video begins with Rannvijay Singha engaging people from audience by inviting them to beat his score. He assigns the crowd with the power to decide the score every time someone bats, including himself. After a few friendly shots, Ranvijay adds some delicious pizza fun to the cricket fever on the ground. He pulls out his mobile phone, goes on Pizza Hut’s m-site and within minutes, orders Pizza Hut signature pan pizzas for everyone. Hearing this, the crowd begins to cheer and hoot in anticipation of the delicious pizzas. The excitement changes pace when the pizza delivery boys (more so one of them in specific) start commenting on the people batting and how they could improve their game to which Rannvijay counters and challenges one of the delivery boys to play.

This delivery boy gamely begins playing a right handed game. A few unimpressive attempts later, he changes his stance to one that would be very familiar to the eye of a true cricket buff. And behold, then begins a barrage of 4s & 6s leaving the crowd stunned. His superb batting skills draws massive cheers from the onlooking crowd, including Rannvijay.

Ranvijay moves forward to take a selfie with the ROCKSTAR Pizza Hut delivery boy who stunned everyone with his left-handed batting skills.

The delivery boy smirks and peels off his (prosthetic) nose, and starts getting rid of his make-up. And lo and behold, the delivery boy was none other than ‘Dada’, the Bengal Tiger himself - Sourav Ganguly.

The crowd and players, naturally, are beside themselves with excitement, thronging against the nets to catch a glimpse of Ganguly, vying to take selfies with their hero, and delighted that some of them actually played with him. Ganguly then mingles with his fans before leaving the venue on a happy note, to cheers of ‘Dada’.

Just another day of cricket became unforgettable for these lucky cricket enthusiasts. True to its promise of always delighting consumers with innovative and disruptive campaigns, Pizza Hut along with Sourav Ganguly have knocked the ball out of the park with this mega surprise.