{"id":541429,"date":"2026-03-15T06:13:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T06:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/541429\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T06:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T06:13:18","slug":"after-kirti-azads-criticism-suryakumar-yadav-gautam-gambhir-visit-temple-with-t20-world-cup-again-watch-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/541429\/","title":{"rendered":"After Kirti Azad\u2019s criticism, Suryakumar Yadav, Gautam Gambhir visit temple with T20 World Cup again – Watch | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AfterGautam Gambhir, SuryaKumar Yadav offer prayers at Shree Siddhivinayak Temple Members of the India national cricket team continued their celebrations of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup triumph by visiting the Shree Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai on Saturday, even as their previous temple visit had triggered a debate following remarks by former cricketer-turned-politician Kirti Azad.Head coach Gautam Gambhir<\/a> and captain Suryakumar Yadav along side ICC Chairman Jay shah<\/a> had earlier visited the temple with the trophy in Ahmedabad after the victory and, offering prayers despite the controversy surrounding the earlier visit. <\/p>\n

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Kirti Azad questions temple visitThe debate began after Kirti Azad criticised the team\u2019s decision to take the trophy to a temple, arguing that the World Cup victory belonged to all Indians regardless of religion.\u201c140 crore people were excited when Team India, which includes people from all religions, won. A sportsperson or sports does not belong to any religion or caste but only to the sport,\u201d Azad said. \u201cWhy not a mosque? Why not a church? Why not a gurudwara? The trophy belongs to 1.4 billion Indians of every faith, not one religion\u2019s victory lap,\u201d he added. Harbhajan Singh criticises Azad\u2019s remarksFormer India spinner Harbhajan Singh strongly criticised Azad\u2019s comments, accusing him of unnecessarily politicising the issue.\u201cIt\u2019s absurd that someone is politicising the players taking the trophy to a temple. Kirti himself is a former cricketer, so I didn\u2019t expect him to say such a thing. Perhaps he\u2019s prioritising politics more and has forgotten he\u2019s a sportsman,\u201d Harbhajan said. \u201cI was expecting more because when such a big task is undertaken, the reward should be even greater. But congratulations to the team for showing everyone how powerful India is,\u201d he added.Gambhir also defends team\u2019s celebrationGautam Gambhir also defended the team\u2019s actions, saying the controversy was unnecessary and risked overshadowing the players\u2019 achievements.\u201cIt is not even worth answering this question. It\u2019s a huge moment for the entire country and we should celebrate the World Cup winners,\u201d Gambhir said in a conversation with ANI.\u201cIf you want to dilute the achievements of those 15 players and their efforts, then tomorrow anyone can give any statement and we start taking it seriously. That isn\u2019t fair to the boys.\u201d\u201cThe boys have gone through so much pressure. If you give such statements today, you are degrading your own players and your own team.\u201dPlayers brush aside controversyMeanwhile, India batter Ishan Kishan dismissed questions about the controversy, urging the media to focus on the team\u2019s historic achievement instead.\u201cWinning the World Cup is such a great thing. You people should ask good questions. What can I say about what Kirti Azad said? Please ask good questions so that it\u2019s enjoyable,\u201d Kishan said.\"Banner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gautam Gambhir, SuryaKumar Yadav offer prayers at Shree Siddhivinayak Temple Members of the India national cricket team continued…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,10537,75206,74733,268233,57928,268234,85],"class_list":["post-541429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-gautam-gambhir","tag-harbhajan-singh","tag-icc-mens-t20-world-cup","tag-indian-cricket-team-celebrations","tag-jay-shah","tag-kirti-azad-criticism","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}