Overview

• On Oct. 15, the India spinner posted on X defending 10-year-old Ishit Bhatt, calling social media “a place for cowards” and urging people to “let him grow.”
• Ishit, a fifth-grader from Gandhinagar, went viral for interrupting host Amitabh Bachchan with lines like “Mere ko rules pata hai…” and “Arre option daalo.”
• Online criticism escalated into personal attacks, with some users also blaming the child’s parents for his perceived rudeness.
• Amitabh Bachchan addressed the moment on-air by noting children sometimes err from overconfidence, and the contestant exited after choosing the wrong Ramayana kanda.
• On Oct. 16, writer Neeraj Singh shared a three-year-old KBC ad that closely mirrored the exchange, prompting fresh comparisons to the viral clip.