New Delhi (Vishvas News). A five-match test series is being played between India and Australia cricket team. Meanwhile, an alleged statement of Hardik Pandya is becoming increasingly viral on social media. It is being claimed that Hardik Pandya has said regarding the World Test Championship (WTC) that if India has to reach the WTC final, then the captaincy should be taken back from Rohit Sharma and Bumrah should be made the captain, because Bumrah should not be the captain. The passion is very high.
Vishvas News in its investigation found that the viral claim is false. Hardik Pandya has not given any such statement regarding Rohit Sharma. The fake statement is being made viral in the name of Hardik Pandya.
What is going viral?
Facebook user While sharing the viral post on December 22, 2024, ‘Cricket Info’ wrote in the caption, “Hardik Pandya said that if India has to reach the WTC final, then the captaincy should be snatched from Rohit Sharma and Bumrah should be made the captain because Bumrah should not be captain.” The passion is very high.”
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investigation
To know the truth of the viral claim, we searched on Google with the help of related keywords. We could not find any reliable news report related to the claim, which mentions this viral statement of Hardik Pandya. If Hardik had given such a statement, it would have been in the headlines.
We proceeded with our investigation and heartily Pandya Checked the official social media handles of. Here too we did not find any post related to the viral claim.
For more information, we contacted Dainik Jagran’s sports editor Abhishek Tripathi. He told us that the viral claim is false. No such statement has been given by Hardik Pandya.
This is not the first time that such a fake statement in the name of Hardik Pandya has gone viral. Earlier too, such fake statements have gone viral in the names of Hardik Pandya and many other players including Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Mohammad Siraj. Whose fact check report can be read on the website of Vishvas News.
Finally, we scanned the account of the user who made the post viral with false claims. We found that users share posts related to cricket and players.
Conclusion: Vishvas News found in its investigation that Hardik Pandya has not given any statement regarding the removal of Rohit Sharma from the captaincy. The fake statement is being made viral in the name of Hardik Pandya.
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