India won the series after beating England by 2-1 in the T20I series. However, in the last match, India had to face defeat by the hands of England. At the same time, a 6 second video is going viral on social media. Users sharing this video are claiming that Hardik Pandya abused Captain Rohit Sharma during the T20 match.
Social media users who made this video viral are fiercely criticizing Hardik Pandya and calling him arrogant. At the same time, many users are also running objectionable Twitter trends against Pandya on Twitter. Posting this video, a user wrote – “This incident of hardik pandya openly questioning & abusing Rohit Sharma shows that Even players don’t rate the new captain. #ShameonIndiancricket #HardikAbusedRohit”
Moreover, many users shared this post with the same claim.
Fact Check
To check the veracity of the video going viral, we did a simple search on Google. During this we found a video uploaded on the YouTube channel of ‘Sports Tak’. Several panelists are sitting in this video, who were discussing the third T20 match between India and England to be held on 10th July. In the 25:00 to 26:33-minute portion of the video, an expert can be heard talking about the abuse.
Experts say that Hardik Pandya is talking to Rohit Sharma regarding the issue of DRS. He is saying listen to me for DRS on my bowling, don’t listen to any XYZ. Experts also clarify that Pandya did not abuse Rohit Sharma.
Conclusion
Our fact check proves that Hardik Pandya did not abuse Rohit Sharma over the DRS controversy. Hence the claim being made by social media users is misleading.
Claim– Hardik Pandya abused Rohit Sharma
Claimed by– Social media users
Fact Check – Fake
