Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant suffered a deadly accident when driving to his home in Roorkee on December 30, last year. Pant has been undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Dehradun. Now, another picture is making round on social media regarding Indian Cricket captain Rohit Sharma lying in a hospital bed.
By sharing this claim a social media user captioned: “ Rohit Sharma spotted donating his blood to Rishabh Pant.”
Source: Twitter
Fact Check:
To know the reality of the viral picture the team of DFRAC did a reverse image search and find the image source. The team found that Hindustan Times has covered the report of Rohit Sharma’s surgery which was posted on Nov 12, 2016. The heading states- “ Rohit Sharma undergoes thigh surgery in London, BCCI to monitor recovery.”
Source: hindustantimes
The report further states that India’s Limited-overs opener Rohit Sharma completed a successful surgery on his right upper quadriceps tendon at a hospital in London on Friday.
Rohit Sharma took to Twitter to give fans an update about his injury which he sustained during the 5th and final ODI against New Zealand in Vishakhapatnam on October 29.
Source: Twitter
Meanwhile, many other media houses have also covered this report.
Source: ndtv
Source: dailymotion
Source: rediff
Conclusion:
It is clear from the fact check of DFRAC and reports of several media houses that the viral picture of Rohit Sharma’s surgery is from 2016 it does not relate to donating blood to Rishabh Pant. Therefore the claim made by social media users is Fake.
