Altered image of Virat Kohli signing on a Pakistani flag goes viral as real

The viral image of Virat Kohli signing a Pakistani flag is edited

The Indian team has reached Perth on 16 October for the second ODI series against Australia. Fans gave a rousing welcome to their favourite players at the airport. Following this, an image is going viral on social media shows Virat Kohli signing a Pakistani flag for a fan.

So, let’s verify what the facts are.

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Fact Check- 

We began our investigation with a reverse image search on Google and we found the same viral image in a Twitter post from October 16, but it shows Virat Kohli signing a Royal Challengers Bengaluru jersey — not a Pakistani flag.

Moving forward we came across another video, there we can see Virat Kohli signs a RCB jersey. The video’s caption states, “A lucky fan of Virat Kohli from Karachi got his RCB jersey signed by the star batsman.”

This indicates that the viral image had been digitally altered.

You can see a comparison of both image below

So, based on these evidences, we can understand that a digitally altered image of Virat Kohli signing a Pakistani flag was shared online as real.

Conclusion- 

Fact Crescendo found that the viral image to be Altered. The viral image of Virat Kohli signing a Pakistani flag is edited