“Photo showing Indian expressing his love for Babar Azam over Virat Kohli during recent India vs New Zealand match”
Social media posts
Claim dated 27 Jan 2023.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The image shared in the post is a morphed one. The original photo shows, “SORRY SACHIN SIR BUT M.S. DHONI IS GOD OF CRICKET FOR ME…#7”, text on the placard. The photo was taken during the Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL match on 17 April 2018
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 January 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 2 February 2023, 6 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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