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“Indian cricket player Sanju Samson is now going to lead the Ireland Cricket team”
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FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

Several sports and mainstream news websites recently published articles reporting that the Ireland Cricket team had made an offer to Sanju Samson to represent their cricket team. Further, these news reports informed that Sanju Samson had politely denied this offer saying that he wishes to represent India and could never imagine playing for another country at the international level. Responding to an e-mail request for clarification, the Ireland Cricket Board referred to these news reports as ...

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 14 December 2022. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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