Old video is falsely shared as the first video call between Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina after the IPL 2022 Auction - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 17, 2022
A video through a post is being widely shared on social media claiming that it is the first video call between Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina after the latter has gone unsold in the IPL 2022 Auction. In the recently held IPL 2022 auction, Suresh Raina went unsold. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: First video call between Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina after Raina had gone unsold in the IPL 2022 auction.
Fact: The video is from 2020 when Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma went live on Instagram. They picked the combined XI of Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK). In the recently held IPL 2022 Auction, Suresh Raina went unsold. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When reverse image search is done on the screenshots of the video, a video with similar visuals was found on YouTube. The YouTube video uploaded on 12 May 2020 was an Instagram live where Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma picked combined CSK-MI all time-11 team.
Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina went live on Instagram in May 2020 where they picked the combined XI of Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK). During the Instagram live chat, they picked a side with Mahendra Singh Dhoni as captain, keeping themselves aside.
#Hitman @ImRo45 and #ChinnaThala @ImRaina pick a combined MI-CSK eleven where the water boys and assistant coaches are as legendary as it gets! #WhistlePodu VC: @mipaltan 🦁💛 pic.twitter.com/CUxJYWJQlB
To sum it up, an old video is falsely shared as the first video call between Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina after Raina went unsold in the IPL 2022 auction.