A video showing cricketers Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Shubman Gill dancing in a team bus is doing the rounds on social media. Many users claim these visuals are from the recent Holi celebrations by the Indian team.
A Facebook user posted the viral post with the following caption: 2024 में विराट कोहली का डांस होली का वीडियो 2024 रोहित शर्मा विराट कोहली का होली का डांस – ##Holi (English translation: Virat Kohli’s dance Holi video in 2024, 2024 Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli’s Holi dance)
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the viral post, and found it to be misleading.
Running a Reverse Image Search of the video keyframes, the NM team spotted an Instagram post, dated March 7, 2023, on the official account of Shubman Gill. According to the caption of the video, it is evident that it was shot on Holi last year.
A news article in Jagran, dated March 8, 2023, carries the same viral clip along with many other videos posted by the BCCI and cricketers. As per the article, team India celebrated Holi in 2023 before the 4th test vs Australia.
Therefore, we can conclusively say that the viral post, claiming to show Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma dancing while celebrating Holi, is misleading.
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