England won against Pakistan during the T20 World Cup final held in Australia on November 13, 2022.
In the above context, a screenshot claiming to be the Instagram story of Virat Kohli has gone viral on social media.
The text associated with the screenshot claims that Virat Kohli congratulated England for winning while simultaneously abusing Pakistan.
The link to the post can be seen here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile did a fact-check, and found it to be fake.
An article in The Hindustan Times, published on November 13, 2022, describes: “The superb victory by the newly crowned world champions impressed India cricketer Virat Kohli, who took to Instagram to congratulate Jos Buttler and Co.
The story also shared the screenshot of Virar Kohli’s message in Instagram: “Congratulations England. Well deserved.”
Times Now also shared the Instagram post of Kohli congratulating England for winning the T20 World Cup.
Thus, we can ascertain that the viral post is edited and Virat Kohli has not abused Pakistan. Hence, the claim is fake.
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