Actor Anushka Sharma is known to stand from the stands and cheer loudly for her man Virat Kohli when he is on the field for either Team India or his Indian Premier League team, Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Recently, there has been a collage of images doing the rounds where Anushka Sharma sits next to Virat Kohli on the field during their match against the Rajasthan Royals.
A Facebook post reads: Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma Green jersey beautiful picture before RCB vs RR match. At the time of publishing the post had received 1.2K likes.
Another user shares a similar collage. You can view it here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the viral images and found them to be AI-generated.
Running the viral pictures through Reverse Image Search, the NM team found no credible news reports or legitimate sources linking the images to any recent public event or interaction. The official social media handles of Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli have also shown no posts related to the viral images.
Importantly, the green jersey in the image is not the original jersey worn by RCB during their game against RR.
Additionally, running the visuals through Hive Moderation and WasitAI, AI-detection tools, we came to know that the images were digitally created.
So in conclusion, we can say that the viral photo collage showing Anushka Sharma with Virat Kohli is AI-generated.
