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Cricket Fantasy: Bachchu Kadu protests outside Sachin Tendulkar’s residence in Mumbai over online gaming advertisement. A few hours later the stage of Asia Cup (Asia Cup 2023) India vs Pakistan (IND vs PAK) Mehran. Earlier Sachin Tendulkar was in trouble. But that is not for cricket. The ‘God of Cricket’ got embroiled in controversies due to his off-field activities. On Thursday i.e. 31 August, a group of supporters demonstrated outside his house in Mumbai. In fact, a fantasy app advertisement (online gaming advertisement) featured the face of the ‘Master Blaster’. And so this time he had to face opposition from a section of supporters. A group of supporters staged a protest outside his Bandra home. The protesters alleged that the former Team India superstar was associated with an advertisement for an online betting app. Along with protesting, he also threatened to go to court on this issue.

In 2020, Sachin signed a contract with the Fantasy Gaming App. He is the brand ambassador of the company. But Sachin is not alone. Many former and current cricketers of the country are involved in promoting the fantasy gaming app. Many stars like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Shikhar Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Shubman Gill, Sourav Ganguly are included. Even many IPL teams are sponsored by fantasy gaming companies. Dream11 also sponsors Team India. However, this debate is not taking the name of stopping.

It has been heard that the protestors are supporters of Independent MLA from Maharashtra, Bachchu Kadu. Sachin endorses a fantasy gaming app called Paytm First Games. MLA supporters protested this. They claim, that behind fantasy gaming is actually betting. The protesters requested Sachin to terminate the contract with the agency. However, Sachin did not comment on this issue.

On August 30, MLA Bachchu Kada gave a notice to Sachin where he asked Bharat Ratna to follow the rules. After this it was decided to protest without any response. The protesters were taken to the Bandra Police Station. The MLA said, “Those who get Bharat Ratna have to follow some rules. We sent him a letter in this regard. He did not respond, so now we will send him a lawyer’s letter.” He had also written a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde about this in the past. He demanded that if Sachin gives such advertisements to earn some money, he should The title of Bharat Ratna should be taken away Let’s see where this debate ends.