FACT CHECK: Rohit Sharma’s ‘Photoshopped’ BELLY Picture Goes VIRAL Ahead of T20 WC 2024 Match vs Ireland

New York: When India locked horns with Bangladesh in their T20 World Cup 2024 warm-up game, Rohit Sharma faced ire on social media – of course for his form with the bat and also for his fitness. A picture circulated on social space where Rohit could be seen with a strange belly that was looking weird. While he faced cricticism for it, we now understand that it was a photoshopped image.
It was later clarified by a few fans that the pictures were photoshopped by some X users to troll Rohit over his fitness. To counter such photoshopped images, fans shared genuine screenshots of Rohit’s body shape.

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— MI Fans Army (@MIFansArmy) May 29, 2024

A few days before the game against Bangladesh, Rohit’s photos were officially taken and in these pictures, there is limited belly or no belly. In these pictures, he does not look out of shape.
Rohit struggled to time the ball on a two-paced track as he managed just 23 off 19 balls.
India threw a big surprise after Rohit opted to bat as Sanju Samson came out to open with the skipper.
Pant, who was making his India comeback after that horrific car accident in December 2022, retired after making 53 (32b, 4×4, 4×6) on a slightly slow pitch.
India faced little trouble in defending the total as left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh found his bowling wares, leading the restriction of Bangladesh to 122 for nine.
There was a token fightback from Mahmudullah Riyaz (40 retired out; 28b, 4×4, 1×6) and Shakib Al Hasan (28), who milked 75 runs for the sixth-wicket.
But it helped Bangladesh only to reduce the margin of defeat after they were reduced to 41 for five.
There were no signs of Yashasvi Jaiswal down the order as well, with the likes of Shivam Dube and Ravindra Jadeja coming out to bat.
(With PTI inputs)