{"id":208440,"date":"2026-03-16T13:55:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T08:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/?p=208440"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:55:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T08:25:53","slug":"abrar-ahmed-in-sunrisers-leeds-viral-claims-of-rohit-sharma-unfollowing-the-franchise-debunked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/abrar-ahmed-in-sunrisers-leeds-viral-claims-of-rohit-sharma-unfollowing-the-franchise-debunked\/","title":{"rendered":"Abrar Ahmed in Sunrisers Leeds, Viral Claims of Rohit Sharma \u2018Unfollowing\u2019 the Franchise Debunked!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The auction for England\u2019s \u2018The Hundred\u2019 league has sparked significant controversy after the Sunrisers-owned franchise, \u2018Sunrisers Leeds,\u2019 signed Pakistani cricketer Abrar Ahmed. His past negative remarks against India have fueled outrage among Indian fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Debunking the Viral Claim:<\/strong> Amid the uproar, rumors circulated that Rohit Sharma had unfollowed the franchise on Instagram in protest. However, this is false. Rohit Sharma does not follow any franchise other than his current team, Mumbai Indians, on Instagram. He never followed Sunrisers in the first place, rendering the \u2018unfollow\u2019 claim entirely baseless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BCCI\u2019s Stance:<\/strong> Responding to the fan backlash, BCCI Vice-President Rajeev Shukla clarified that the board has no jurisdiction over this matter. He stated, \u201cThis is a foreign league, and the franchise has made its own decision. We have no role to play in this.\u201d Under ECB guidelines, discrimination based on nationality is prohibited in \u2018The Hundred,\u2019 which allowed the franchise to proceed with the signing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The auction for England\u2019s \u2018The Hundred\u2019 league has sparked significant controversy after the Sunrisers-owned franchise, \u2018Sunrisers Leeds,\u2019 signed Pakistani cricketer Abrar Ahmed. His past negative remarks against India have fueled outrage among Indian fans. Debunking the Viral Claim: Amid the uproar, rumors circulated that Rohit Sharma had unfollowed the franchise on Instagram in protest. 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