India-Pakistan T20 World Cup match: 'Dhurandhar' Vikrant Gupta's video 'Pak ka scripted boycott plan' goes viral where he lists four stages of drama. Watch here

The India-Pakistan match in the T20 World Cup will go ahead as scheduled for February 15 in Columbo. Pakistan's U-turn came after its government decided to withdraw its boycott call following persuasion from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. After Pakistan changed its stance, senior sports journalist Vikrant Gupta started trending on X, formerly known as Twitter, with netizens calling him 'real life Dhurandhar'.

Vikrant Gupta became one of the latest top trends on X with netizens hailing him for knowing "every insider information". A video of Vikrant Gupta titled' Pak ka scripted boycott plan' has gone viral online in which he lists four stages of boycott drama which would be probably performed by Pakistan in connection with the T20 World Cup match.

"I had told that day too, there are four stages. The first stage is drama, in which Pakistan would say they would not go to play World Cup. The second stage would be we would play the T20 match but won't play the match against India. The third stage of boycott drama by Pakistan would be..Chale jaynge world cup yaar, majbur krre ho, khel lenge India Pakistan match but black band pehenge. Chotha hai black arm band ni allow karoge, chalo hum protest karnge," Vikrant Gupta can be heard saying in the now-viral video.


"In the end they (Pakistan) would say, we are ready to give sacrifice for the sake of cricket, for the sake of world and Pakistan's cricket and we will play the match. Ye likh ke le lo aap," Gupta says in the clip.

He points out the participating agreement in the video when cricket teams from Australia and the West Indies refused to play preliminary World Cup matches in Sri Lanka a week after a huge bomb blast in Colombo killed 80 people and injures 1,200. "Ye halwai ki dukan ni hai," he says taking a jibe at Pakistan.

Netizens call Vikrant Gupta 'Dhurandhar Pajii'

"Agent Vikrant Gupta knows every insider info," read a post on X. Vikrant Gupta in a X post gave a quirky response and wrote, "This one ended at Stage 3."



"INS Vikrant Gupta ji knew all the stages in an advance. Guys please suggest some cool names for this undercover or opencover operation. It was best intelligence operations conducted by INS Vikrant gupta ji . Thankyou Dhurandhar pajii," another post read.


"Well done Dhurandhar saab," wrote another post. "Ajit Doval of Indian cricket Team," another one joked.

In February last year, Vikrant Gupta, who is currently the Managing Editor at Aaj Tak, touched down in Pakistan for the Champions Trophy 2025. Videos from Pakistan showed absolute madness as fans mobbed Vikrant Gupta on the streets, hugged him like a long-lost brother, which led to a stampede-like situation just to get a selfie.

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Pakistan's U Turn on India match boycott

Pakistan are set to play against India in their T20 World Cup group match on 15 February, after confirming a U-turn on their stance to boycott the fixture. The Pakistan government had earlier barred its team from taking the field against India in solidarity with Bangladesh, who were removed from the tournament by the International Cricket Council (ICC). However, a series of discussions involving Pakistan, Bangladesh, the ICC, and boards from other nations, including the UAE and Sri Lanka, took place before the U-turn was made official on Monday.

"In view of the outcomes achieved in multilateral discussions, as well as the request of friendly countries, the Government of Pakistan hereby directs the Pakistan National Cricket Team to take the field on February 15, 2026, for its scheduled fixture in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup," the Pakistan government stated in a press release.

It was clear that the country would withdraw the call after Bangladesh Cricket Board chief Aminul Islam issued a statement urging Pakistan to take the field for the greater good of the game.

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"...this decision has been taken with the aim of protecting the spirit of cricket, and to support the continuity of this global sport in all participating nations," the statement from Pakistan government added.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also received a call from Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who urged him to withdraw the boycott call.

"The Sri Lankan President requested the Prime Minister to accord serious consideration to amicably resolve the current impasse."

(With PTI inputs)