Ishan Kishan On Kirti Azad: Ishan Kishan’s reaction came to light on the controversial statement of former Indian cricketer and Trinamool Congress MP Kirti Azad. Team India won the title of 2026 T20 World Cup last Sunday (08 March). Now slowly Indian players are reaching their homes. Ishan Kishan reached Patna, where he reacted to Kirti Azad’s statement condemning taking the T20 World Cup trophy to the temple.
What did Kirti Azad say?
Kirti Azad, while sharing a post on
He further wrote, “Why not a mosque? Why not a church? Why not a Gurudwara? This team represents India – not Suryakumar Yadav or Jay Shah’s family! Siraj never displayed it in a mosque. Sanju never took it to a church. This trophy belongs to 1.4 billion Indians of every religion – this is not a celebration of the victory of any one religion!”
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
Ishaan Kishan replied
Ishaan, who reached Patna, was seen talking to journalists. During this time, he was asked about Kirti Azad’s comment, on which Ishaan got angry. The Indian wicketkeeper batsman said, “Win such a good World Cup. You guys ask good questions. What should Kirti Azad say? What should I say on this? Ask some good questions.”
Patna, Bihar: Cricketer Ishan Kishan says, “…What has Kirti Azad said about this? Now, what should I say about it?…” pic.twitter.com/P12gonGLVe
— IANS (@ians_india) March 10, 2026
Ishaan’s performance in the tournament
Ishan was the fourth batsman to score the most runs in the T20 World Cup. He scored 317 runs in 9 innings of 9 matches at an average of 35.22 and strike rate of 193.29. During this period, he scored 3 half-centuries. In this way Ishaan showed his magic with the bat in the World Cup.
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