Yuzvendra Chahal seen smoking e-cigarette on flight during IPL 2026! Viral video created an uproar

Yuzvendra Chahal: Punjab Kings’ star leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is once again in the headlines amid IPL 2026. This time the reason is not his performance but a viral video. A video is going viral on social media, in which it is being claimed that Chahal was smoking e-cigarette (vape) inside a moving flight during his trip to Hyderabad.

Yuzvendra Chahal seen smoking e-cigarette in flight

In fact, recently a video is going viral on social media, in which it is being claimed that Punjab Kings star spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is seen smoking vape in a moving flight. According to reports, this video is from the time when the Punjab Kings team was on a trip to Hyderabad. However, no official confirmation has been made yet regarding the authenticity of this viral video.

I don’t know in which direction today’s cricketers are heading. First, Riyan Parag and now Yuzvendra Chahal was allegedly caught ‘red-handed’ vaping/smoking. It’s becoming very unprofessional. 🤡pic.twitter.com/0u7DbWJFCi

— Cricket Central (@CricketCentrl) May 7, 2026

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Punjab Kings deleted the video

According to reports, Punjab Kings had recently shared a video of the team’s journey on their social media account. In this video, Chahal was seen smoking e-cigarette (vape). However, as soon as Punjab realized its mistake, it immediately deleted this video.

Video of smoking cigarette went viral earlier also

Let us tell you, even before this, a video had gone viral on social media, in which it was claimed that Yuzvendra Chahal was smoking a cigarette while driving a car and he had thrown the cigarette on the middle of the road. However, the authenticity of this video was also not officially confirmed. Now he is embroiled in a similar controversy for the second time.

Claimed to give up alcohol

Before IPL 2026, Yuzvendra Chahal had said in an interview that he has stopped consuming alcohol. He had claimed that he had not even touched alcohol for the last 6 months. Due to increasing age, he is now paying more attention to his fitness. Amidst all these claims, this video viral on social media has created a stir.

Riyan Parag e-cigarette scandal

This is the second controversy related to e-cigarette in IPL 2026. Before Chahal, during the match played against Punjab Kings on April 28, Rajasthan Royals captain Ryan Parg was seen vaping in the dressing room. Taking action on this, BCCI had fined him 25% of his match fee.