In the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 match held on 05 October 2025 at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, India Women defeated Pakistan Women by 88 runs. This win marked India’s second consecutive victory in the tournament, continuing their dominant record over Pakistan in women’s cricket.
In this context, an image is circulating on social media (here, here, and here) showing Pakistan cricket team captain, allegedly Fatima Sana, touching the feet of Indian opener Smriti Mandhana following Pakistan’s loss to India. Let’s verify the claim made in the post in this article.
Claim: The image shows Pakistan cricket team captain Fatima Sana touching the feet of Indian opener Smriti Mandhana on 05 October 2025, after Pakistan’s loss to India.
Fact: The viral image showing Pakistan cricket team captain Fatima Sana touching the feet of Indian opener Smriti Mandhana is AI-generated. No credible reports confirm such an incident, and the full match commentary on Cricbuzz makes no mention of it. Analysis using AI image detection tools such as Sightengine, DeCopy AI, and SynthID confirmed the image was AI-generated. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
To verify the claim, a Google search was conducted using relevant keywords. However, no credible reports or evidence were found to support the claim. Given the significance, such an incident would have attracted widespread media attention, yet nothing was reported. A notable occurrence during the match was at the pre-match toss, where the captains, Harmanpreet Kaur of India and Fatima Sana of Pakistan, avoided the customary handshake, a gesture that continued after the game as well.
We also reviewed the full match commentary available on Cricbuzz, which did not mention any incident of Fatima Sana touching Smriti Mandhana’s feet.
The faces, uniforms, background, and poses appear unnatural, and even Smriti Mandhana’s hands look unrealistic. Such anomalies are often found in AI-generated images (here and here), indicating these visuals were likely created using AI.
To further verify whether the viral image was AI-generated, it was analysed using Sightengine, DeCopy AI, and SynthID detection tools, which flagged it with scores of 99%, 100%, and confirmed through SynthID that the image was created using AI.
To sum up, this viral image showing Pakistan women’s cricket team captain Fatima Sana touching Smriti Mandhana’s feet is AI-generated.
