{"id":604807,"date":"2026-05-26T13:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/604807\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T13:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:22:10","slug":"arshdeep-singh-ipl-2026-arshdeep-singh-deletes-more-than-200-posts-including-viral-virat-kohli-video-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/604807\/","title":{"rendered":"Arshdeep Singh: IPL 2026: Arshdeep Singh deletes more than 200 posts, including viral Virat Kohli video | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/virat-kohli-and-shubman-gill-agency-photos-1.jpg\" alt=\"IPL 2026: Arshdeep Singh deletes more than 200 posts, including viral Virat Kohli video\" title=\"Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill (Agency Photos)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill (Agency Photos) NEW DELHI: India fast bowler <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/arshdeep-singh\/67905\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arshdeep Singh<\/a> created a huge buzz online after suddenly deleting more than 200 posts from his Instagram account and changing his display picture. Fans noticed that even his hugely popular Champions Trophy 2025 reel with <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/virat-kohli\/3993\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Virat Kohli<\/a>, which had crossed 150 million views, was removed.Arshdeep has not explained the reason behind the move, leading to speculation among fans about whether it was a personal reset, social media cleanup, or rebranding exercise.Despite rumours online, he did not remove all Punjab Kings-related content and still has PBKS mentioned in his bio. His remaining posts mostly include family pictures, cricket milestones, and brand promotions.The social media activity comes after Arshdeep faced several controversies during <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IPL<\/a> 2026. Earlier in the season, he was criticised over an alleged racial comment aimed at teammate Tilak Varma before Punjab Kings\u2019 game against Mumbai Indians.He was allegedly heard saying, \u201cOye Andhere, sunscreen lagaaya?\u201d (\u201cHey, dark one, did you apply sunscreen?\u201d), which sparked backlash online.Former India spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan reacted strongly and said, \u201cNobody believed me. Everyone mocked and trolled me. Arshdeep should be banned this season and should be paid on a pro rata basis. The players today should be hit where it hurts the most.\u201dHe also added, \u201cIf BCCI takes action, I will name people who racially abused me.\u201dArshdeep later landed in more controversy after replying angrily to a fan on Snapchat following Punjab Kings\u2019 defeat to Mumbai Indians. Another viral Snapchat story involving teammate Priyansh Arya also drew criticism.On the field, IPL 2026 was disappointing for Arshdeep. He managed only 14 wickets in 14 matches and struggled with an economy rate above 10.<\/p>\n<p>Should Arshdeep Singh face sanctions for the racial comment controversy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill (Agency Photos) NEW DELHI: India fast bowler Arshdeep Singh created a huge buzz&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[74215,10226,206259,1721,63341,17779,157943,57487,206260,101,56,54,55,15624,199039],"class_list":["post-604807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-arshdeep-singh","tag-bcci","tag-controversies-ipl-2026","tag-cricket","tag-instagram-account","tag-ipl","tag-ipl-performance","tag-punjab-kings","tag-racial-comment","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-virat-kohli","tag-virat-kohli-celebration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}