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A photo of Rohit Sharma, the Mumbai Indians captain, purportedly holding the "Introduction To Bhagavad Gita", alongside the photo of MS Dhoni was widely circulated.
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India Today Fact Check
This photo was digitally altered. In the original photo, he was holding a cricketer’s biography.
Recently, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Chennai Super Kings skipper, became the topic of conversation on Twitter after a photo of him holding a copy of the “Introduction To Bhagavad Gita” went viral. “MS Dhoni reading the Bhagavad Gita,” read such a tweet that had more than 2,000 retweets at the time of writing this.
Following this, a photo of Rohit Sharma, the Mumbai Indians captain, purportedly holding the “Introduction To Bhagavad Gita”, alongside the abovementioned photo of Dhoni was widely circulated.
“Rohit has won 5 IPL trophies. Dhoni has won 5 IPL trophies. Two great captains in cricket history. You will always get success when you are on the right path. The Power of Bhagavad Gita,” read such a tweet. Its archived version can be seen here.
India Today’s investigation found that the copy of the “Introduction To Bhagavad Gita (English)” in Rohit Sharma’s photo was digitally added. In the actual photo, he was really holding a book on Cricket.
OUR PROBE
When we reverse-searched the viral photo on Google, we discovered Sharma’s tweet from October 30, 2020. It contained a photo, in which he could be seen clutching the book “Cricket Drona: For The Love Of Vasoo”. The book documents the life and career of the Cricketer and later coach Vasudeo Jagannath or Vasoo Paranjape. The book was authored by his son and current Cricket Advisory Committee member Jatin Paranjpe, and sports journalist Anand Vasu.
“A must read book #CricketDrona about a great man in the cricketing fraternity. Vasu sir has been one of the influential people in my career in guiding me through the right path and giving me confidence in my younger days which helped me a great deal,” read Sharma’s tweet.
We noticed that this was the same photo that went viral; the only difference being that instead of the Cricketer’s biography, the viral tweet contained a copy of the “Introduction To Bhagavad Gita”, written by Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami, the founder of ISKCON. A comparison of both books can be seen below.
Dhoni’s photo holding a copy of the “Introduction To Bhagavad Gita” was reported by several news organisations and shared by many on social media, saying it was shot in Mumbai. However, we could not independently verify the photo’s origin. But it is more than certain that Rohit Sharma’s viral photo was digitally altered.
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