India pace spearhead Arshdeep Singh sparked a wave of online chatter late Monday night after nearly erasing his Instagram presence. The fast bowler didn’t just swap his profile photo; he also removed well over 200 posts, a move that included a widely shared reel featuring Virat Kohli tied to the Champions Trophy 2025 campaign.
As of now, Arshdeep has not offered any public explanation for the sudden purge of content, leaving supporters and critics to speculate. Some fans suggested it could be a personal reset or a deliberate rebranding attempt, while others floated the idea that something larger may be in motion behind the scenes.
At the time of reporting, more than 200 Instagram uploads had vanished, bringing his total number of posts down to 40. Despite multiple rumours making the rounds online, Arshdeep has not removed all Punjab Kings-related content, nor has he taken PBKS out of his bio. That said, whether any deleted entries were later restored couldn’t be independently confirmed.
The posts that remain largely revolve around family moments, key milestones from his cricket journey, and a limited set of commercial collaborations. Still, the most striking change is the disappearance of the Kohli–Champions Trophy reel, which had reportedly collected more than 150 million views on his account.
Recent controversies around Arshdeep Singh
- In the weeks leading up to this latest social media shift, Arshdeep found himself at the centre of repeated debates on the internet.
- Earlier in the month, an alleged racial remark aimed at Tilak Varma went viral during Punjab Kings’ run-up to their match against the Mumbai Indians.
- The comments were said to have been heard on the broadcast trail, including the line: “Oye Andhere, sunscreen lagaaya?” (“Hey, dark one, did you apply sunscreen?”), which drew strong reactions from parts of the fanbase and from cricket voices.
- Former India batter Laxman Sivaramakrishnan then launched a direct critique of Arshdeep and even urged action against him, suggesting he should be suspended from the IPL.
- Sivaramakrishnan wrote on X: “Nobody believed me. Everyone mocked and trolled me. Arshdeep should be banned this season and should be paid on a pro rata basis. The players today should be hit where it hurts the most.”
- He added: “If BCCI takes action, I will name people who racially abused me.”
- Arshdeep later faced more backlash after a heated reaction to a supporter on Snapchat following PBKS’s defeat to Mumbai.
- He then became the subject of another viral conversation after teasing his own teammate, Priyansh Arya, in a separate Snapchat story.
- By the end of it all, the on-field picture for the right-arm quick in the IPL 2026 was also disappointing.
In IPL 2026, Arshdeep managed 14 wickets across 14 matches, finishing with an economy rate of 10.21.
