{"id":155624,"date":"2023-05-13T19:59:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T14:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=155624"},"modified":"2023-05-13T19:59:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T14:29:04","slug":"fact-check-viral-instagram-story-of-virat-kohli-praising-rahul-gandhi-is-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-viral-instagram-story-of-virat-kohli-praising-rahul-gandhi-is-fake\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Viral Instagram story of Virat Kohli praising Rahul Gandhi is fake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even as counting for the Karnataka elections was on and early trends showed that Congress was leading in over 120 seats, many social media users started sharing a screenshot of a purported Instagram story by Indian cricketer Virat Kohli. In this said story, one can see a photo of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and some words of praise for him.<\/p>\n<p>Sada Afreen, a Twitter user who claims to be a journalist, shared the screenshot and wrote in Hindi, &#8220;Have something to say on Virat Kohli&#8217;s Instagram status?&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/IZsF6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u0941\u091b \u0915\u0939\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0935\u093f\u0930\u093e\u091f \u0915\u094b\u0939\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0907\u0902\u0938\u094d\u091f\u093e\u0917\u094d\u0930\u093e\u092e \u0938\u094d\u091f\u0947\u091f\u0938 \u092a\u0930?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KarnatakaElectionResults?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KarnatakaElectionResults<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ryTc18dAUq\">pic.twitter.com\/ryTc18dAUq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sadaf Afreen \u0635\u062f\u0641 (@s_afreen7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/s_afreen7\/status\/1657311040995209216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A parody account that goes by the display name &#8216;Dr Nimo Yadav&#8217; shared the screenshot as well, and wrote, &#8220;Virat Kohli is on \ud83d\udd25, hope he doesn\u2019t delete it &#8220;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/M96IS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Virat Kohli is on \ud83d\udd25, hope he doesn\u2019t delete it<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KarnatakaElectionResults2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KarnatakaElectionResults2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qf6C3w36GH\">pic.twitter.com\/qf6C3w36GH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr Nimo Yadav (@niiravmodi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/niiravmodi\/status\/1657299167587233792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another Twitter user called Dr Gill shared a similar screenshot. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/KRkiB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KarnatakaElectionResults?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KarnatakaElectionResults<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Virat Kohli\u2019s insta story today <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vMwoNGdYkT\">pic.twitter.com\/vMwoNGdYkT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr Gill (@ikpsgill1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ikpsgill1\/status\/1657261861178593281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>We first started by checking the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/virat.kohli\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram account of Virat Kohli<\/a>. We noticed that the username and the profile picture matched the viral screenshots. However, in the past 24 hours, Virat has only posted two Instagram stories.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-155628 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/kohli-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/kohli-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/kohli-3-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/kohli-3-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/kohli-3-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is very much possible for an Instagram user to post and then delete a story, but the viral screenshots appear to be manipulated. In the first viral screenshot, we noticed two things:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Virat has 248 million Instagram followers. However, only one screenshot taken 17 minutes after the story being posted is viral on social media.<\/li>\n<li>The letter &#8220;L&#8221; (in lower case) in the username has a specific font style that can be seen on all the screenshots shared and the verification checkmark appears to be not aligned properly.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Below, we have compared the username and the verification mark on the viral screenshot and an actual screenshot taken by us.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-155630 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/2023-05-13-18_36_41-Greenshot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1019\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/2023-05-13-18_36_41-Greenshot.png 1019w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/2023-05-13-18_36_41-Greenshot-300x54.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/2023-05-13-18_36_41-Greenshot-768x137.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the case of the second viral screenshot, though the username and the verification checkmark appear aligned, it seems that the photo of Rahul Gandhi has been superimposed on something else. When one takes a closer look at it, one can see that Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s photo has been placed on a photo of Indian cricketer Suryakumar Yadav, which can be still seen on Kohli&#8217;s Instagram story. A part of Kumar&#8217;s blue jersey is still visible below the Congress leader&#8217;s photo.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-155633 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/2023-05-13-18_52_38-Greenshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/2023-05-13-18_52_38-Greenshot.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/2023-05-13-18_52_38-Greenshot-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To sum it up, it is clear that two manipulated screenshots of Virat Kohli&#8217;s Instagram stories are being shared on social media to claim that the cricketer had praised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on the likely victory in Karnataka assembly elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even as counting for the Karnataka elections was on and early trends showed that Congress was leading in over 120 seats, many social media users started sharing a screenshot of a purported Instagram story by Indian cricketer Virat Kohli. 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