After India won the T20 World Cup on home soil, not one Indian fan is anything but delighted. However, controversies continue to find their way into every situation, and this time as well, a former cricketer and current politician has complicated the situation, pointing at a religious bias after Suryakumar Yadav, alongside coach Gautam Gambhir and Jay Shah, carried the trophy to a nearby Hanuman Temple to seek blessings.
Kirti Azad was part of the Indian squad when they won the first-ever ICC trophy back in 1983. The former World Cup winner raised questions on Captain Suryakumar Yadav and Jay Shah for having taken the trophy to a 'Hindu' temple and not to the respective religious places of the other religions, like a Mosque or a Church.
He also recalled the 1983 World Cup when India had Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Christian players in the team and brought the trophy back to India, which he called out as their, "...motherland India Bharat Hindustan.”
Harbhajan Singh gets back at Kirti Azad for unnecessarily politicizing cricket
Getting back to the senior spinner, Harbhajan said that it is absurd that, despite being a former cricketer himself, he is politicizing the simple act of the players taking a trophy into a temple.
#WATCH | Delhi | On BCCI announcing Rs 131 Crore prize money for Team India for winning the ICC T20 World Cup, Former Indian Cricketer and Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh, says, "I was expecting more, because when such a big task is undertaken, the reward should be even greater.… pic.twitter.com/xOxejmhZEG
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Bhajji said, "It's absurd that someone is politicizing the players taking the trophy to a temple... Kirti himself is a former cricketer, so I didn't expect him to say such a thing... Perhaps he's prioritizing politics more and has forgotten he's a sportsman."
Harbhajan Singh takes a dig at the BCCI after the prize money announcement for Team India
The BCCI had announced an INR 131 crore prize money to the Indian Cricket Team after they won the ICC trophy for the second time in a row. However, Harbhajan felt that the prize could have been increased a bit more after all the hard work the team did over the past year.
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