Feb 24, 2025 08:23 AM IST
Abhay Singh, the IITian baba, confronted backlash on social media for his incorrect prediction about India’s match towards Pakistan.
As India triumphed over Pakistan in Sunday’s Champions Trophy match, the nation erupted in celebration. The cricket rivalry between the 2 nations took heart stage as followers flooded social media hailing crew India particularly Virat Kohli whose essential century led India to the simple win. Amid the celebrations, one other determine whose identify began trending on social media was Abhay Singh, the aerospace engineer-turned-sadhu who’s popularly often called ‘IITian baba’.
Web roasts IITian Baba
The previous IIT-Mumbai graduate who turned a sensation throughout the Mahakumbh had appeared in a podcast earlier and confidently claimed that there have been no possibilities India may win towards Pakistan. “Iss bar India nahi jeetegi. Virat Kohli aur sabko bol do ki jeet ke dikha dein. Maine bola nahi jeetegi India toh nahi jeetegi. (India won’t win this time. Inform Virat Kohli and Co to attempt their greatest to win however they will not. If I say they will not win, they will not win,” he had prophesied.
After India’s win, social media started trolling the so-called sadhu with memes with many customers urging content material creators to cease inviting him to their podcasts labelling him as a fraud.
Prafull Billore, the founding father of MBA Chai Wala Group, additionally shared a submit resigning from his submit “panauti” or unfortunate for crew India, hinting that IITian Baba can now take over.
A majority of the posts demanded the viral ‘baba’ to cease making predictions, asking him to avoid the limelight.
IITian Baba apologises
After a barrage of tweets referred to as him out for his flawed prediction, Abhay Singh took to X and shared a submit apologising for his prediction and posted photos of Virat Kohli and crew India celebrating after their win.
“I need to publicly apologise and ask every one among you all to have a good time, it is occasion time. Mujhe mann hello mann pata tha ki India jeetega. (I knew in my coronary heart that India would win.),” he mentioned.
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