An advocate has lodged a criticism with Pune Police in search of registration of an FIR towards cricketer Hardik Pandya for allegedly insulting the nationwide flag through the T20 World Cup victory celebrations at a stadium in Ahmedabad. A Shivaji Nagar police station officer confirmed on Wednesday that the criticism software was submitted by advocate Wajid Khan, with out elaborating. Khan said in his software that Pandya wrapped the tri-colour round his physique and indulged in obscene behaviour on the bottom whereas celebrating India’s win towards New Zealand on Sunday. “The act constitutes an offence under the relevant law, and legal action should be taken. It is the duty of every citizen to respect the dignity of the national flag,” the criticism software said.
Earlier, Hardik Pandya described profitable his second successive T20 World Cup title as fulfilment of a private promise and declared that “this is just the start” of the crew’s dominance.
Pandya scored two half-centuries with the bat, together with a 52 off 28 balls towards Namibia, and produced devastating spells when it mattered to finish the match with 9 wickets in all.
“After the win in Barbados (in 2024 final against South Africa), I promised myself that whichever tournament I play, I will play to win and I will lift the trophy. This win against New Zealand in Ahmedabad is a validation that the promise I made to myself has become a reality. And this is just the start,” Pandya advised Star Sports.
The 32-year-old Pandya is without doubt one of the 4 Indian gamers included in ICC’s Team of the 2026 T20 World Cup.
During the interplay, Pandya additionally mirrored on the challenges he had confronted earlier than the 2024 World Cup within the Americas.
“When we won the T20 World Cup in 2024, I was facing a lot of difficulties personally. Many things had happened before that tournament and things were not going my way. Before the 2024 World Cup started, I had made up my mind that I was going for redemption.
“I needed to make a dominating comeback. I did that and helped my crew win the trophy after 17 years,” Pandya recalled his performance in the tournament that broke India’s long title drought in ICC events.
Pandya was equally good with both bat and ball in the last edition of the tournament, picking up 11 wickets at an economy rate of 7.64 and scoring 144 runs at an average of 48.00.
The all-rounder from Baroda added, “Coming to this T20 World Cup victory in Ahmedabad, that is one thing I’ve all the time lived for. I play cricket to do properly for my nation and win trophies. I need to win all of the trophies for India.” India on Sunday turned the primary crew to efficiently defend the T20 World Cup title and in addition win it on three events since their triumph within the inaugural version of the match method again in 2007.
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