Fact Check: Did Vaibhav Suryavanshi Touch King Kohli’s Feet During IPL Match? Here’s The Truth

The 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi continued to impress with his batting performance against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Bengaluru on Thursday.

Despite RR’s loss, the teenage sensation scored 16 runs off 12 balls. Images floating on social media show the teenager touching Virat Kohli’s feet.

Cricket0.4 posted a Facebook post titled: “Respect” and shared a collage of photos. 2.6 viewers liked the post.

Similarly, another post was shared. You can view it here.

NewsMobile fact-checked the viral images and found them to be digitally created.

Running the viral pictures through Reverse Image Search, the NM team found that Anushka Sharma never attended the game between the two teams.

Though the two did meet on the field, the young boy never touched Virat Kohli’s feet during their interaction.

Even the AI detection tools — Decopy.ai and Wasitai — found the images to be digitally manipulated.

So, we can conclude that the visuals showing Vaibhav Suryavanshi touching Virat Kohli’s feet during an IPL match are AI-generated.