Viral image of Virat Kohli with tattoo of ICC trophies on his arm is edited

The viral image of Virat Kohli with ICC trophies inked on his arm is edited. 

Following the recent T20 World Cup 2024 victory, an image of cricket player Virat Kohli getting inked with three trophies has gone viral on social media. Users who shared the image claims that he has tattooed his achievements on his arm. So, let’s verify what the facts are.

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Fact Check- 

We began our investigation with a keyword search on Google to find relevant articles about Virat Kohli posing with tattoos of the ICC and T20 World Cup trophies on his arm, but we were unable to find any of them. This is unusual because an update from such a well-known cricketer would have definitely sparked widespread media coverage.

Next, we conducted reverse image search, and found the same image on the twitter handle of the Crictracker. The caption of the tweet indicates that the image is not real. It asks “What if Virat Kohli won all these ICC trophies and proudly displayed them?”  “How many ICC trophies has your favorite cricketer won?”

We also found that the account shared multiple images of other cricketers with trophies tattooed on their arms.

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Moving forward, we have come across the real image uploaded on Getty Images on 1 June. The description states “Virat Kohli of India poses for a portrait prior to the ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup West Indies & USA 2024 on June 1, 2024, in New York, New York. The image credited to Alex Davidson and it does not show trophy tattoos on Virat Kohli’s arm. You can see the image below

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Conclusion- 

Fact Crescendo found that the viral image to be Altered. The viral image of Virat Kohli with a tattoo of ICC trophies on his arm is edited