Zee Salaam shared old video as pro-India chants during Aus-Pak T20 semi final - Alt News
Kinjal
16th November 2021 / 5:21 pm
On November 11, Australia faced Pakistan in the semifinals of the T20 World Cup, winning the match by five wickets. The match sparked a flurry of activity on Indian social media. A video of a man dressed in the Australian jersey chanting ‘Vande Mataram’ and ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ began circulating widely.
Zee Salaam shared this clip in a November 11 article as visuals from the T20 semi final match. The outlet has since updated the article, but an archived version of the original can be accessed here. Zee Salaam claimed that a fan was cheering in support of India, with slogans like ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ during the Pakistan-Australia match.
Zee Salaam also posted a tweet claiming the video was recent.
Ravi Ranjan of the RSS tweeted the clip as well. (Archive link)
वन्दे मातरम् #AUSvPAK pic.twitter.com/6jH29VQKJp
— Ravi Ranjan (@RaviRanjanIn) November 11, 2021
Several other users also amplified the video and accompanying claim. (Link 1, Link 2)
Alt News performed a keyword search and found a January 2021 video posted by a YouTube channel called Daily Diary News. This confirms that the footage cannot possibly be from the recent semi-final match.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmID_E462bQ]
ScoopWhoop had reported on the video in an article dated January 19, 2021. It was shot during a match between India and Australia held as part of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. An Australian man in Brisbane’s Gabba Stadium started chanting slogans in support of India. The article features a few tweets containing the footage.
@CricFansWorld @BCCI @HCICanberra @anirbanganguly @UttamKu84140085 @virendersehwag @bhogleharsha some extraordinary love for India at display at the Gabba this year.😊😊 pic.twitter.com/lAoqTza3Cd
— Dr Ashutosh Misra (@ashutoshmisra70) January 18, 2021
A few other users also tweeted the footage back in January 2021. (Link 1, Link 2)
Fact-checking portal Boomlive had also published a report on the video. To sum it up, Zee Salaam falsely shared a 10-month-old video linking it to the recent Australia-Pakistan T20 World Cup match.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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