After Shubman Gill scored a double century against New Zealand becoming the fifth Indian to achieve the feat, a claim stayed doing rounds on social media according to which cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar announced the engagement of his daughter Sara Tendulkar with Gill.
One of the social media posts read: “BREAKING: Sachin Tendulkar announces daughter Sara’s engagement with #ShubmanGill”
The above post can be seen here. More such posts can be seen here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above post and found it to be false.
We started the investigation with a Google search with keywords such as ‘Sara Tendulkar’, ‘Shubman Gill’, and ‘Engagement’. The result did not lead us to any authentic report supporting the above claim.
It is to be noted that if that would have be true, then it would have been covered by mainstream media outlets.
Digging further, a Twitter user (@hrsyadv) who originally made the claim, clarified that it was a satire.
Meanwhile, NewsMobile thoroughly scanned the social media handles of Sachin Tendulkar Sara Tendulkar and Shubman Gill, but there were no posts about the engagement or Sachin Tendulkar making such an announcement.
With the above finding, it can be concluded that the viral claim is false.
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