A video is going viral on social media showing Bangladesh cricketer and current captain of the Bangladesh cricket team being ill-treated by the public when he returned to Bangladesh after World Cup 2023. In the viral video, the people around him can be seen pushing him and catching him through his collar. Moreover, the 36-year-old had no security around him.

Claim made by the user

Sharing this video on X(Twitter), a user named Ghar Ka Kalesh wrote: “Kalesh b/w Bangladeshi Fans and Shakib Al Hasan, when he returned to Bangladesh after poor World Cup campaign”

The video has received more than 1 million views on X(Twitter).

Other users also shared this video

We found that the video has been shared by many users with similar claims.

Fact-Check

To determine the truth of the viral video, the DFRAC team converted it into keyframes and reverse-searched it on Google. We found some media reports during this process.

Media reports carrying the same video

According to a media report published by India Today on Mar 2023, Bangladesh Test and T20I skipper Shakib Al Hasan found himself in a lot of discomfort during a commercial event in Dubai. The Magura-born all-rounder recently played the Test and T20I series against Jos Buttler’s England, after which he flew to Dubai to inaugurate a gold jewelry shop owned by Arav Khan, a fugitive in a case regarding the murder of a police official.

Further, stating about the viral video, it was mentioned that in a clip viral on social media, Shakib was seen rushing out of the place of the event. During this while, he was literally manhandled, due to which he almost fell over. The people around him pulled his collar as well. There was utter chaos in that place and Shakib did well to get out of there.

Furthermore, the News Website, WION News also reported similar facts regarding the above viral video.

Conclusion

It is clear from DFRAC’s Fact-Check that the viral video of Shakib Al Hasan claiming he was ill-treated at Bangladesh airport is misleading as it captured the incident that occurred in March 2023.