After the end of the match between India and Pakistan in T20 World Cup 2026, a video of Suryakumar Yadav and Kuldeep Yadav went viral on social media. In the video, Kuldeep Yadav was seen shaking hands with Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav, giving him a slight push on his shoulder and leaving without making eye contact. During this, Suryakumar also looked a bit surprised.
After the video surfaced, there was speculation about some kind of dispute between the two players. Now Suryakumar Yadav has spoken openly about this entire incident and told what happened between the two players during and after the match.
Kuldeep was disappointed at not getting bowling
According to Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav was already very disappointed during the match against Pakistan. He wanted to bowl, but he was not getting a chance to bowl.
During a conversation on Aakash Chopra’s YouTube channel, Suryakumar said, “The match had started, he was very disappointed and wanted to bowl. I got Axar Patel’s spell completed, Varun Chakraborty, Tilak Verma and Hardik Pandya bowled. He was thinking, ‘Why is my bowling not coming?'”
Anger flared up after missing an easy catch
Suryakumar told that when Kuldeep was fielding at long-on, an easy catch came towards him. Kuldeep could not catch that catch. According to Suryakumar, he was angry that Kuldeep did not try his best to take the catch.
He said, “When Kuldeep was fielding at long-on, a catch came up and it was an easy catch, which he dropped. I felt very angry at that moment. It’s okay if the catch is being dropped while trying, but he didn’t even try.”
After this incident, Hardik Pandya also expressed his displeasure on Kuldeep Yadav.
Displeasure of both was visible after the match
India had won the match against Pakistan. After the match ended the players were meeting each other. Meanwhile, the video of the meeting between Kuldeep and Suryakumar was captured on camera.
In the video, Kuldeep shakes hands with Suryakumar, but moves ahead without looking at him. During this, he also gave a slight push to Suryakumar’s shoulder. Suryakumar told that at that time both the players were angry with each other and anger was clearly visible in their eyes.
Suryakumar said – there was no serious dispute
Suryakumar Yadav clarified that anger was definitely visible on the faces of both the players in the video, but it was not a serious dispute. There was resentment between the two because of the incidents that happened on the field and the emotions of that time.
He told that after reaching Ahmedabad, he got the idea of making a reel on this incident. After this, the reel made by Suryakumar also went viral on social media.
In this way, Suryakumar Yadav himself has clarified the situation on the ongoing speculations regarding the video that surfaced after the India-Pakistan match. According to him, there was no major dispute between the two, but due to the incidents that happened during the match, there was resentment between the two players at that time.