Fact Check: After a Defeat to Pak in WC23, Australian Fan Raised Slogans of Bharat Mata Ki Jai?
Viral Video has nothing to do with the ongoing Cricket World Cup 2023
RSFC (Team Mohali)- Cricket World Cup 2023 is going on in full swing and recently Australia defeated Pakistan cricket team by a huge margin. A video is going viral on social media. In this video, a cricket supporter wearing Australian team uniform can be seen raising slogans of 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'. It is being claimed that recently after the Pakistan-Australia match in the World Cup 2023, the supporters of the Australian team raised slogans of Bharat Mata ki Jai.
Twitter account Amitabh Chaudhary shared the viral video on October 20, 2023 and wrote, "“Bharat Mata Ki Jai” “Vande Mataram” This is the most loved and viral video on social media today. Thank you Australia #AUSvsPAK #Bengaluru #WorldCup2023 #BharatMataKiJai #VandeMataram"
Rozana Spokesman found in its investigation that the viral video is not recent but old and has nothing to do with the ongoing Cricket World Cup 2023.
-- Spokesman's Investigation
Starting the investigation, we first watched the video carefully and started searching for news related to the matter through keyword search. This video is from January 2021
We found many news regarding this video. Many news was from January 2021.
What was the matter?
This video is from January 2021 when the Indian cricket team was on Australia tour and India won the test match at Gabba. After this victory, a fan of the Australian team raised slogans of Bharat Mata ki Jai.
ZEE News' video report on this video can be seen by clicking here.
crictracker.com's news related to this matter can be read by clicking here. This news coverage embedded an old tweet having this video.
Hence, it is clear that this viral going video is old.
Conclusion- Rozana Spokesman found in its investigation that the viral video is not recent but old and has nothing to do with the ongoing Cricket World Cup 2023.