Mumbai Indians Captain Hardik Pandya has been in the news lately, not just because of his cricketing skills but also due to his personal life. After separating from his wife, Natasa Stankovic, last year, the all-rounder is linked with Jasmin Walia.
Now, images of Hardik Pandya and actor Rashmika Mandanna getting married have gone viral on social media.
A Facebook post by Nitish YT reads: हार्दिक पांड्या और रश्मिका मंडाना ने शादी कर लिया है बधाई नहीं दोगे. The post received 1.2K likes.
An Instagram post, by Hamid reads: हार्दिक पांड्या और रश्मिका मंडाना ने शादी कर लिया है बधाई नहीं दोगे 🙏 (Hardik Pandya and Rashmika Mandanna have tied the knot).
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile has fact-checked the viral image and found it to be digitally manipulated.
A Reverse Image Search yielded no news reports featuring the viral picture. Neither Hardik Pandya nor Rashmika Mandanna has shared or acknowledged this image on their official social media handles.
Looking closely at the Pandya-Mandanna image, the NM team found that the flower garlands have been photoshopped. And the background has been blurred. Hardik Pandya is not even wearing a Mumbai Indians jersey.
Additionally, the advanced AI-content detection tools — Hive Moderation and Wasitai — find the viral image to be AI-generated.
Hence, we can conclusively say that the viral picture showing Hardik Pandya and Rashmika Mandanna getting married is photoshopped.
