A picture showing South African cricketer David Miller with a little girl by his side is doing the rounds on social media. People are sharing the image, claiming that the girl in the picture is his daughter and she passed away due to cancer recently. According to many social media users, he even penned down an Instagram message for her.
A Facebook user posted the viral image with a caption: South African batsman David Miller’s daughter passes away, cricketer shared an emotional post on his Instagram.
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the viral image, and found it to be false.
We found a video posted by the cricketer on October 9, 2022, along with a caption: RIP you little rockstar💗 Love you always!💗
One of the pictures in the video matches the viral photo, but we could not find any claim that she was his daughter.
Conducting a Google Keyword Search to confirm the authenticity of the claim, we found an article titled: RIP you little Rockstar’: South African cricketer David Miller’s young fan Ane dies of cancer, published on October 9, 2022, in Business Today. The article informs us that the girl who died was Miller’s young fan — Ane, who passed away after battling cancer for over a year.
Similar news had been published in The Indian Express, The South African, and ABP news as well. And all the news articles corroborated the story that it was Ane — one of Miller’s young fans, who passed away. We could not find even a single story that informed her to be Miller’s daughter.
We also came across a tweet published on the verified handle of sports journalist Abhishek Kumar on October 8, 2022. He debunks the viral claim in his tweet and clarifies that the girl in the picture is not Miller’s daughter, but a fan.
Therefore, we can conclusively say that the viral picture’s claim is false.
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