{"id":48116,"date":"2026-04-10T22:48:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=48116"},"modified":"2026-04-10T22:48:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:18:45","slug":"social-media-buzz-over-chahal-smoking-claim-no-confirmation-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/social-media-buzz-over-chahal-smoking-claim-no-confirmation-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media buzz over Chahal smoking claim, no confirmation yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Unverified image of Chahal sparks discussion online<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An image circulating on social media has put Yuzvendra Chahal under attention, with a user on X claiming it shows the spinner driving and smoking a cigarette. The authenticity of the image has not been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The post gained traction quickly, with users sharing and reacting to the claim. There has been no official response from Chahal or his representatives so far.<\/p>\n<h3>Contrast with recent statements and on-field form<\/h3>\n<p>The discussion has drawn interest because Chahal had recently said on a podcast that he had moved away from such habits and was focusing on his fitness and overall conditioning.<\/p>\n<p>Chahal is currently part of Punjab Kings in IPL 2026, where the team has started with back-to-back wins. He remains a key bowler for the side and continues to be the highest wicket-taker in IPL history.<\/p>\n<p>With no verification of the image, the situation remains unclear. Until there is confirmation, the claims around the picture remain unproven.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the post \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Vipintiwari952\/status\/2042643271457873975\">https:\/\/x.com\/Vipintiwari952\/status\/2042643271457873975<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fans have mix reaction \u2013<\/p>\n<p>user -Yuzi: Don\u2019t take my words so seriously<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Gmx0h7\/status\/2042645749171957766\">https:\/\/x.com\/Gmx0h7\/status\/2042645749171957766<\/a><\/p>\n<p>user 2\u00a0 -Acha bolega nhi toh bikega nahi. Don\u2019t have problem with this but don\u2019t say that you changed now.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shivammm_\/status\/2042647173914152993\">https:\/\/x.com\/shivammm_\/status\/2042647173914152993<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unverified image of Chahal sparks discussion online An image circulating on social media has put Yuzvendra Chahal under attention, with\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":473,"featured_media":48117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4057],"class_list":["post-48116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl","tag-top-stories"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/473"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48118,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48116\/revisions\/48118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}