The 2nd T20 match between India and Australia, which was held in Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, on September 23, 2022, had a late start due wet field.
In the above context, an image of a person drying the field using hair dryer has gone viral on social media. The image is shared with a caption claiming that BCCI dried the Vidarbha pitch by using a hair dryer during India vs Australia match.
The image is shared with a caption: “World’s Richest Cricket Board BCCI using hair dryer to dry the cricket pitch before the second T20i between India and Australia.”
The link to the post can be seen here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile did a fact-check and found the claim to be misleading.
Doing a Google Reverse Image search, we found the image uploaded by a website, Cricket Pakistan, dated January 5, 2020. According to the report, Twitter slammed BCCI as the ground staff at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati, used hair dryer to dry the wet pitch after rain delayed the start of 1st Twenty International (T20I) between India and Sri Lanka.
India.com also reported about the incident on January 6, 2020. The report suggested that the first T20I between India and Sri Lanka was called off due to rain followed by a damp pitch. Later, groundsmen were spotted using hair dryers to dry the pitch which gave Pakistani fans an opportunity to mock and ridicule the BCCI on social media.
Hence, we can ascertain that the viral claim is misleading.
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