{"id":234984,"date":"2024-07-04T16:41:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T11:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=234984"},"modified":"2024-07-04T16:41:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T11:11:44","slug":"there-is-no-virat-kohli-statue-at-times-square-viral-video-is-from-ad-made-with-computer-graphics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/there-is-no-virat-kohli-statue-at-times-square-viral-video-is-from-ad-made-with-computer-graphics\/","title":{"rendered":"There is no Virat Kohli statue at Times Square; viral video is from ad made with computer graphics"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 19-second clip has gone viral on social media with the claim that a life-size statue of Indian cricketer Virat Kohli has been unveiled at the iconic Times Square in New York. The claim has surfaced in the context of India’s flawless campaign in the T20 World Cup co-hosted by the West Indies and the USA from June 1 to June 29.<\/span><\/p>\n

India played three league matches in the recently built Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York<\/a>, including the high-profile game against Pakistan.<\/p>\n

Verified X user @StanVirat<\/a> shared the video and asserted that the statue be inducted as the ‘eighth wonder of the world.’ At the time of this article being written, it has garnered more than 1.9 Lakh views and more than 700 retweets.<\/p>\n

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Statue of Virat Kohli at times square should be declared as the 8th wonder of the world. pic.twitter.com\/dpVhOJ27nA<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 akshat. (@StanVirat) June 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Other X users like @BluntIndianGal<\/a>, <\/span>@abhishekumar_18,<\/a>\u00a0@RONBupdates,<\/span><\/a> also shared the video with the claim that a statue of Virat Kohli had been unveiled at Times Square.<\/p>\n