With the T20 World Cup 2024 done & dusted with Team India winning the ICC trophy and getting a grand welcome from Prime Minister Modi and the people of Mumbai upon return, fans are expressing their worries for Hardik Pandya. Team India allrounder Hardik Pandya bowled the ultimate over of the World Cup final in Barbados and took the important wicket of David Miller pushing India to their second T20 World Cup title victory. After the match, Hardik Pandya broke down on the field but his tears hinted that all is not well in his personal life. While every player either dialed their family or called their family on the field, fans observed that Hardik remained alone and continued to celebrate with his teammates. Not only this, fans also observed that Hardik Pandya's wife Natasa Stankovic did not post a single story or post like other on Hardik Pandya or even India's World Cup win. This sparked speculation among fans that Hardik Pandya and Natasa Stankovic are indeed no longer at cordial terms.
In the meanwhile a Russian model & actress named Elena Tuteja shared her pictures with Hardik Pandya on her Instagram handle. Elena Tuteja penned a special note on Hardik Pandya and on Team India's World Cup victory. Sharing her dazzling pics from a photoshoot with Hardik Pandya, Elena Tuteja wrote, "While India is so proud of their champions, I decided to remember my shoot with one of them..Photos from BODY X brand print shoot...@hardikpandya93 who made us proud along with his team."
As a result, fans started to wonder whether Hardik Pandya is dating Russian actress Elena Tuteja or not.
Commenting on Elena Tuteja's Instagram Post for Hardik Pandya, a fan wrote, "Yah fek hai (This is fake)"
Responding to it Elena wrote, "@konenimtiaz no, it’s not! Check my stories"
Another fan wrote, "Badala lene ka sahi tarika ...natasha se"
One more fan wrote, "new journey... "
Who is Elena Tuteja?
As per the information available, Born in Moscow, Elena Tuteja moved to Delhi at the beginning of her career. Later she shifted to Mumbai to make contacts in the acting industry. In 2017, she participated in the Mrs India Earth Contest and was the 2nd Runner-Up.
Elena started her acting career in 2017 with the TV series “Partners”. In 2020, she acted as ‘Rita’ in the Bollywood film “Kehta Hai Yeh Dil”. In 2020, she appeared in the role of ‘Lucy’ in an episode of the TV series “Saavdhan India”. In 2023, she also appeared as ‘Karan’s Girlfriend’ in the TV series “Badtameez Dil”.
In one of her interviews, Elena Tuteja was quoted saying that she was able to get success in the acting industry because she can speak Hindi very well. She was invited as the Chief Guest at the Radiance Iconic Awards in 2019. She was honoured with the Tasveer Award this year.
On Instagram, Elena has 119K followers (While writing). Notably, fans speculating Elena dating Hardik Pandya may not be true.