An image of Virat Kohli watching Rahul Gandhi’s press conference ahead of his IPL Opener against CSK is going viral on internet
With a loss to the defending champion Chennai Super Kings in the opening game at Chennai, Virat Kohli’s IPL 2024 campaign got off to a bad start.
In the opening game, Kohli became the second-fastest hitter in T20 history to amass 12,000 runs. He achieved this milestone by scoring six runs in the season-opening game. The 35-year-old RCB hitter is the first Indian player to score a million runs in T20 cricket, and he is the sixth man overall.
Did Virat Kohli really watch Rahul Gandhi’s Press Conference ahead of IPL 2024 opener
Meanwhile, ahead of the IPL 2024 opening matchup, Kohli, who maintains a thorough awareness of all global events, was observed attending a press conference of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and the image has been going viral on internet.
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Virat Kohli watching Rahul Gandhi Press Conference 🔥🔥🔥😦#RCBvsCSK pic.twitter.com/EU4YiKrctT
— Ashish Singh (@AshishSinghKiJi) March 22, 2024
Was Virat Kohli really watching Rahul Gandhi’s press conference?
Through an image search on Google Lens, News Checker were able to locate an X (formerly Twitter) post by @BluntIndianGal on March 21, 2024. It included a similar photo of Kohli from his phone along with the following text: “Can you guys decode what is Kohli scrolling in his phone.”
The outlet also discovered that the image was also posted on March 21, 2024, with the following caption by ViratGang, a verified fan page of Kohli on Facebook, “Virat Kohli chilling before the shoot for Jio advertisement commence. ”
So the viral image of Kohli watching Rahul Gandhi press conference is digitally edited in conclusion.
Despite Cameron Green taking two wickets in the middle overs that put the hosts in a bit of a jam, Dube and Jadeja’s coolness saw CSK through. With 20 balls remaining, Kohli could only muster a 21, while Dinesh Karthik and Anuj Rawat’s cameos earlier boosted Royal Challengers Bengaluru to 173/6.
In the game, Du Plessis single-handedly put the Royals of Cape Town (RCB) into a commanding lead by hitting 35 runs off 23 balls with eight boundaries, leaving the Chennai fast bowlers in complete disarray. But Bangladeshi fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman, who removed Rajat Patidar and Du Plessis for ducks in the fifth over, helped CSK claw their way back.