A photograph featuring Virat Kohli with Anushka Sharma and Smriti Mandhana has gone viral on social media. It’s claimed that Kohli and Sharma meeting other Royal Challengers Bengaluru players following their victory over Gujarat Giants.
A Facebook post by Cric. 18 shared the image with a caption: Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma meet Smriti Mandhana and RCB player after they win against Gujarat Giants. The post went viral with 33K reactions.
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NM VERIFIED
Reviewing the picture in question thoroughly, NewsMobile found the viral image to be AI-generated.
A Reverse Image Search of the visual finds no credible media reports, authentic photographs, or official social media posts supporting the claim. Notably, neither Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma nor Smriti Mandhana have shared any such image on their verified social media handles.
A closer examination of the picture reveals multiple red flags indicative of AI manipulation, including inconsistent lighting, unnatural facial blending, and overly smooth, artificial-looking background textures — common signs of digital manipulation. Analysing the picture further through AI-detection tools — De Copy AI and Hive Moderation — it was found to be 100% AI-generated.
So, in conclusion, we can say that the viral image, claiming to show Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma and Smriti Mandhana together after RCB victory, is digitally created.
