Stunning celebration video of Afghanistan’s win over England falsely linked to Indian victory in ICC world cup
Mubashir VP 
Stunning celebration video of Afghanistan's win over England
Claim
Sharing a video of Afghanistan people’s celebration was used by many users claiming that Afghanistan burst in happiness over India’s ICC world cup win. The users praised the neighbor for showering bonhomie with India.
Fact check
Initially, the DFRAC team used the keyframes from the video to reverse search images on Google. The video had been posted on Instagram by multiple users on 27 and 28 February 2025.
Using this lead, we searched the ICC world cup schedule and realized that on 26 February 2025, Afghanistan had defeated England in the ICC knockout stage. The celebration was on Afghanistan thrashing England in the prestigious summit.
Going ahead, the probe confirmed that India won the final on 9 March 2025 against New Zealand.
The report on India’s win can be read here and here.
Conclusion
From the fact-check of DFRAC it became clear that the posts claiming Afghanistan celebrating India’s ICC final win is misleading. The celebration was in fact the win of Afghanistan over England in the ICC knockout stage.
Analysis: misleading
Siddharth Urmil 
