Kirti Azad Questioned Celebration Of Team India: Team India has won the title of ICC T20 World Cup 2026. After this victory, there is an atmosphere of celebration in the entire country. The Indian team has won the T20 World Cup title for the record third time, but meanwhile, former Indian cricketer and current TMC MP Kirti Azad has made a controversial post on social media. This post of his has created an uproar. Kirti Azad, in her social media post, has taken a dig at Team India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav and current ICC chief Jai Shah.
Kirti Azad’s controversial post
Kirti Azad wrote on social media platform We had brought the trophy to our religious birthplace, our motherland India-Hindustan. Why is the Indian cricket team’s trophy being dragged now? Why not a mosque? Why not church?
SHAME ON TEAM INDIA! 😡
When we won the World Cup under Kapil Dev in 1983, we had Hindu Muslim Sikh and Christian in the team.
We brought the trophy to our religious birth place our motherland India Bharat Hindustan
Why The Hell Is The Indian Cricket Trophy is being Dragged.…
— Kirti Azad (@KirtiAzaad) March 9, 2026
Kirti Azad took a dig at Suryakumar Yadav
Kirti Azad, in her post, took a dig at Suryakumar Yadav and Jai Shah and wrote, ‘This team represents India, not the family of Suryakumar Yadav or Jai Shah. Siraj never took the trophy to the mosque. Sanju never took it to church. Sanju played an important role in this and was the best player of the tournament. This trophy belongs to 1.4 billion Indians of every religion. No place to celebrate the victory of any one religion.
Who is Kirti Azad?
Kirti Azad is a former Indian cricketer, who was a part of the 1983 World Cup winning team. After his cricketing career, Azad has been active in politics for decades. He has played 7 Test and 25 ODI matches for India. Azad scored 135 runs in Test cricket and took 3 wickets in bowling. Apart from this, he scored 269 runs in ODI and has 7 wickets in his name in bowling.
