After the T20 World Cup win, captain Suryakumar, Jay Shah and Gambhir reached Hanuman temple with the trophy. On this, 1983 World Cup winner Kirti Azad objected and said that this victory is not for any one religion, but for the whole of India.
Ahmedabad: After India’s spectacular victory in the T20 World Cup, captain Suryakumar Yadav, ICC Chairman Jay Shah and head coach Gautam Gambhir reached a Hanuman temple in Ahmedabad with the trophy. 1983 World Cup winning team member and Trinamool Congress MP Kirti Azad has reacted sharply to this incident. He posted on the social media platform ‘X’ and said that the World Cup trophy should not be shown as the victory of any one religion.
Actually, on Sunday, India won the T20 World Cup by defeating New Zealand. After this, captain Suryakumar Yadav, former BCCI secretary and current ICC chairman Jay Shah and coach Gautam Gambhir came to offer prayers at the Hanuman temple in Ahmedabad with the trophy. Only after its pictures surfaced, Kirti Azad raised questions on it.
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Kirti Azad wrote on ‘X’, ‘In 1983, when we won the World Cup under the captaincy of Kapil Dev, there were Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians in that team. We brought the trophy to our motherland India. Why is India’s cricket trophy being linked to a religion like this? This team represents India, not Suryakumar Yadav or Jai Shah’s family. Mohammed Siraj did not take the trophy to any mosque, and despite being a World Cup star, Sanju Samson also did not take the trophy to any church. This World Cup belongs to 140 crore Indians following all religions. This is not the victory of any one religion.
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Azad further said that it was not right to take the trophy to the temple amidst the excitement of winning the World Cup. He stressed that mixing sporting achievements with religious celebrations detracts from the team’s secular image. This controversy, which arose amid the celebration of the World Cup victory, has sparked a big debate among cricket fans.