Overview
- A short clip posted on X on February 13 appears to show Hardik Pandya walking with girlfriend Mahieka Sharma inside the Indian team hotel during the T20 World Cup.
- BCCI’s revised guidelines for short tours bar partners and family from team hotels or bio-bubbles, requiring separate, player-funded accommodation.
- Earlier reports noted the board rejected a team-management request to allow relatives to stay with players during this tournament.
- The board had not commented publicly on the video at the time of reporting, with online reaction split between alleged rule violation and calls to focus on performance.
- Pandya was Player of the Match in India’s February 12 win over Namibia, India is 2-0 to start Group A, and the team faces Pakistan in Colombo on February 15.