NEW DELHI: Since becoming the 50th WWE Champion , beating Randy Orton at WWE Backlash in May this year, Jinder Mahal 's first title run has been an entertaining one. He managed to beat Orton with the help of the Singh brothers in his title defence at WWE Money in the Bank earlier this month and for the third match in this feud, Mahal finds himself in the main event of WWE Battleground to be held in Pennsylvania on July 23 with the company deciding to bring back 'The Punjabi Prison match' for the Championship match.Mahal has so far done a good job in generating 'genuine heel heat' with the classic evil foreigner gimmick, ensuring himself an extended run as the WWE Champion. If the rumours of WWE coming to India in September this year are anything to go by, it is highly likely that 'The Modern-Day Maharaj' could very well hold on to the title till that time. WWE last toured India in January 2016 and while Indian NXT stars Kishan Raftaar and Jeet Rama enthralled the Indian fans, Mahal was not with the company at that point in time and it makes sense to bring him to India as the WWE champion.Mahal himself is quite hopeful of coming to India as champion. "I know that I will be the WWE champion when the moment comes (WWE touring India) and I want to be in India with my people as champion," Mahal told TOI Sports. "I want to speak to my people in my language of Punjabi and it is not only me, all the WWE superstars are very excited to come back to India because the fans in India are very passionate and they showed their love and support the last time WWE was in India and the superstars can't wait to for their next visit to the country," said Mahal.On being asked exactly when can we see WWE touring the country, the 30-year-old confirmed that the company is trying to work out dates for a live event. "Hopefully very soon. I know WWE is working at the moment to lock something in for India and will officially announce the dates," revealed Mahal.WWE pushing Mahal in to the title picture was a sign that the company is looking to tap in to the Indian market and with the recent announcement of Indian woman wrestler, Kavita Devi, being a part of the all-women tournament, The Mae Young Classic, the company seems to be going full throttle to popularise pro-wrestling in the country.Mahal says that Kavita being part of the WWE is great and he will support the wrestler during the tournament. "I am very proud of Kavita. It is so great for India that a woman wrestler has risen the ranks and will take part in The Mae Young Classic this summer in the WWE network. I will be supporting her, all of India will be supporting her. She is representing (The Great) Khali and his school and I am sure she is training very hard and will make all us very proud," he said.His title run has created a buzz for pro-wrestling in India and he thanked the fans for their support. "I am very proud to be representing India. India fans are very passionate and are very special part of the WWE universe. I want to represent India in a good way; I want the whole country to be proud of me; I want the whole country to be proud of the fact that an Indian is the WWE champion. It is not something that I take lightly. Every day I give my 100 per cent to make my people proud, my family proud and India proud and hopefully, I am doing a good job. The response has been great. Social media, media everybody has been awesome and I am thankful for the support and I hope it continues because the more support my people give me, the harder I work," he added.