Veteran industrialist Ratan Tata took to X to debunk claims surrounding his patronage of Afghan cricketer Rashid Khan.
The chairman emeritus of Tata Sons and chairman of Tata Trusts on Monday refuted the claims circulating on WhatsApp and social media that he would give a reward of Rs10 crore ($1.6 million) to Rashid after he was allegedly fined Rs55 lakh by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for waving the Indian flag after Afghanistan beat Pakistan at the World Cup last week.
“I have made no suggestions to the ICC or any cricket faculty about any cricket member or a fine or reward to any player. I have no connection to cricket whatsoever,” Tata wrote on X, calling for netizens to reject content that involves him but not disseminated by his official channel.
Soon after the match on Oct 23, photos of Rashid waving the Indian flag made their rounds online. Netizens also shared a video montage of Rashid waving the Indian flag and claimed that the photos were taken after the Pakistan-Afghanistan match.
Fact-checking site Factly said the images had been doctored. The original photo published by ESPN Cricinfo only showed the Afghan cricketer running in joy after the win.
Indo-Asian News Service
