{"id":305182,"date":"2025-09-17T18:44:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T13:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=305182"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:02:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:32:06","slug":"jay-shah-anurag-thakur-shahid-afrid-watch-india-pakistan-match-old-video-false-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/jay-shah-anurag-thakur-shahid-afrid-watch-india-pakistan-match-old-video-false-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Anurag Thakur-Jay Shah-Afridi video is not from Aisa Cup India-Pak match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"pf0\">Hours after the India-Pakistan Asia Cup cricket match finished at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on September 14, 2025, a video started circulating on social media showing ICC president Jay Shah, BJP MP Anurag Thakur and former Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi sitting together in the stands.<\/p>\n<p>The T20 match, the first between the two countries since the Pahalgam attack in April, has been at the centre of a controversy with many people demanding that India call off all sporting ties with Pakistan. Notably, the Indian team did not come out of the dressing room after the completion of the match for the customary handshakes with the opponent. At the post-match presentation ceremony, Indian caption <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/cricket\/we-stand-in-solidarity-with-pahalgam-victims-suryakumar-yadav-dedicates-indias-win-vs-pakistan-to-indian-armed-forces-101757870133988.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%20think%20it%27s,smile%2C%E2%80%9D%20he%20added.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suryakumar Yadav said<\/a>, &#8220;&#8230; We stand with the victims of the families of the Pahalgam terror attack and we express our solidarity and we want to dedicate today&#8217;s win to the armed forces&#8230; I hope they continue to inspire us all and we give them more reasons on the ground whenever we get an opportunity to make them smile.&#8221;\u00a0 He later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribuneindia.com\/news\/cricket\/it-was-a-team-call-we-came-here-only-to-play-and-give-them-a-reply-suryakumar-yadav\/\">told the media<\/a> that it was the team&#8217;s collective call to forego the handshakes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"cf0\">Against the backdrop of the entire controversy, many social media users have <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">criticized Jay Shah and BJP leader Anurag Thakur sharing the video of him sitting with Shahid Afridi<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A user named Yanika shared the video and sarcastically wrote, \u201cAnurag Thakur, Jay Shah and Shahid Afridi are watching the India-Pakistan match at the stadium, and true patriots are saying shoot the traitors of the country .\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/bLjHF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Anurag Thakur, Jay Shah, and Shaheed Afridi in stadium watching the India Pakistan match<\/p>\n<p>And true patriots are saying &#8211; Desh ke gaddaron ko , g0li maaro Saalon ko <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IhcaSDlVh4\">pic.twitter.com\/IhcaSDlVh4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yanika_Lit (@LogicLitLatte) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LogicLitLatte\/status\/1967239313302884559?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"cf0\">An X <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">user\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">named\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">Nibaraj\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"cf0\"><span dir=\"auto\">Ramzan\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"cf0\">also\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">shared\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">the video and wrote <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">that <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">Anurag\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">Thakur<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">Jay\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">Shah<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">, and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">Shahid\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">Afridi were in the stadium watching <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">the India-Pakistan\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">match while on Twitter (now X), people were calling for a boycott of the game.<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/sVqCr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"cf0\">Archive<\/span><\/a><span class=\"cf0\">)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-wrap-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-15-170523.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"893\" height=\"1257\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><span dir=\"auto\">Trinamool <\/span><\/span><span class=\"cf0\"><span dir=\"auto\">Congress leader and Kolkata Municipal Corporation councillor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/r\/1Bnxq2x9C3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arup Chakraborty <\/a><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/r\/1Bnxq2x9C3\/\"><span dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"cf0\">shared\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"cf0\"><span dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/r\/1Bnxq2x9C3\/\">the video<\/a> on Facebook on September 15, a day after the match, saying, &#8220;Look who the real traitors are.&#8221; (<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/g8cFY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"cf0\">Archive<\/span><\/a><span class=\"cf0\">)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-wrap-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-15-170039.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1525\" height=\"1141\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"pf0\"><strong><span class=\"cf0\"><span dir=\"auto\">Fact\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"cf0\"><span dir=\"auto\">Check<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"cf0\">A reverse<\/span> image\u00a0<span class=\"cf0\">search with a few key frames from the <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">viral\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"cf0\"><span dir=\"auto\">video <\/span><\/span><span class=\"cf0\"><span dir=\"auto\">led\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"cf0\">us\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">to a video posted by\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">a user <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">named\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf1\">Lord\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf1\">Immy\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf1\">Kant on February 25, 2025. This clearly shows that this <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">video\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">is not from the Asia Cup match between India and Pakistan on September 14.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nationalism is a poison given to the poor by the rich <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1pLguurSki\">pic.twitter.com\/1pLguurSki<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lord Immy Kant (@KantInEastt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KantInEastt\/status\/1894388948333728180?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"cf0\">A closer\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">look at\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">the viral\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"cf0\"><span dir=\"auto\">video\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"cf0\">reveals banners behind it\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">that read\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">&#8220;Champions Trophy 2025.&#8221; It&#8217;s worth noting that on February 23, 2025, India and Pakistan\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">played against each other in <\/span><span class=\"cf1\">the ICC\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">Champions Trophy. India <\/span><span class=\"cf0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricbuzz.com\/cricket-scores\/112420\/pak-vs-ind-5th-match-group-a-icc-champions-trophy-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defeated Pakistan<\/a> by six <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">wickets .<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-wrap-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97139\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Untitled-design-7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1257\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><span dir=\"auto\">During the India-Pakistan match,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"cf0\">a video of BJP MP Anurag Thakur\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">with former\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"cf0\"><span dir=\"auto\">Pakistani\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"cf0\"><span dir=\"auto\">cricketer\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"cf0\"><span dir=\"auto\">Shahid\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"cf0\"><span dir=\"auto\">Afridi was\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"cf0\">broadcast\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">live\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">on TV. Many <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">users\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">reacted on\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">social media\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">by posting photos of the moment<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Afridi compares our PM to coronavirus, gives anti-India statements\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And the same Anurag Thakur \u2014 who once chanted \u201cDesh ke gaddaron ko goli maaro\u201d \u2014 goes and sits with him.<\/p>\n<p>If hypocrisy had a Champions Trophy, this would be a clean sweep. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OEX4kZ8c2c\">pic.twitter.com\/OEX4kZ8c2c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fantasy Cricket Pro \ud83c\udfcf (Viren Hemrajani) (@FantasycricPro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FantasycricPro\/status\/1893888419341697216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">We also found a report on <a href=\"https:\/\/newsable.asianetnews.com\/sports\/ind-vs-pak-champions-trophy-anurag-thakur-spotted-with-shahid-afridi-netizens-react-after-pic-goes-viral-hrd-ss6wzv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asianet News<\/a> published on February 24, 2025. It states that BJP MP Anurag Thakur was criticized by several social media users after he was seen with former Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">To sum up, several social media users shared a video of ICC President Jay Shah and BJP MP Anurag Thakur with former Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi during <span class=\"cf1\">the ICC\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">Champions Trophy match\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"cf0\"><span dir=\"auto\">between India and Pakistan on February 23, 2025,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"cf0\">with a misleading claim. This video has nothing to do with the Asia Cup match between India and Pakistan, which took place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on September 14, 2025.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hours after the India-Pakistan Asia Cup cricket match finished at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on September 14, 2025, a video started circulating on social media showing ICC president Jay Shah, BJP MP Anurag Thakur and former Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi sitting together in the stands. 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