In the midsts of ongoing ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, a claim surfaced on the internet according to which Industralist Ratan Tata announced a reward of whopping Rs 10 crore for Afghanistan cricketer Rashid Khan. The claim also stated that Pakistan had complain to ICC aganist Rasid Khan during his victory celebration with Indian flag and ICC fined him for Rs 55 lakh aganist Rasid Khan but Ratan Tata declare 10 crore to Rasid Khan.
One of the posts read: “Ratan Tata has once again shown his greatness.
Rashid Khan, Afghanistan spinner, after defeating NaPak, took the Indian flag and ran around the ground on victory lap and shouted Bharat Mata ki Jai.
NaPak complained to ICC about his action.
ICC and all other world sports bodies, as always, show staunch opposition any ‘Bharatiya’ eulogization.
ICC imposed a fine of Rs 55 lakhs on Rashid Khan.
Ratan Tata, by saying that the person who showed respect to our National Flag should be lauded. Tata announced that he would not only pay the fine amount of Rs 55 lakhs but also reward Rashid Khan with a whopping amount of Rs 10 crore.
Hail Ratan Tata 🙏🙏🙏
*Jai Hind*🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
This is *TATA*”
The above post can be seen here. More such posts can be seen here and here.
The claim started doing rounds after Afghanistan defeated Pakistan in the World Cup clash on October 23, 2023, following which the Afghanistan team took a victory lap of the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai to celebrate their historic win. During the celebration, Rashid Khan could be seen holding the Indian flag.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim and found it to be false.
Ratan Tata on Monday took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to refute the claim.
Tata clarified that he did not make any such announcement and he has no connection with cricket.
“I have made no suggestions to the ICC or any cricket faculty about any cricket member regarding a fine or reward to any players. I have no connection to cricket whatsoever Please do not believe WhatsApp forwards and videos of such nature unless they come from my official platforms,” he wrote on X.
I have made no suggestions to the ICC or any cricket faculty about any cricket member regarding a fine or reward to any players.
I have no connection to cricket whatsoever
Please do not believe WhatsApp forwards and videos of such nature unless they come from my official…
— Ratan N. Tata (@RNTata2000) October 30, 2023
Hence, it can be concluded that the viral claim is false.
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