Claim The Afghanistan team celebrated the Indian flag at the Pakistani Ground after winning the match with England.

Fact check Boom found in the investigation that Afghanistan cricket team’s media management member Nasir was going towards the ground to hug Rashid Khan after winning the match against England. During this period, the picture has been incorrectly claimed.

After the IIC Champions Trophy 2025, after a stunning victory from England, a picture of Afghanistan team’s supporting staff member is viral with a claim of celebrating with the tricolor. Boom found in the investigation that the viral picture has been edited. On seeing the original footage of the match, it was found that during that time no member of the team had a tricolor in his hand. The person seen in the picture is Nasir Khan, the media management team member of Afghanistan cricket. Nasir told the boom that he was going to embrace Rashid Khan and then there was no flag in his hand.

In the Champions Trophy match held on 26 February, Afghanistan defeated England by 8 runs and registered a historic victory. In this match, Afghanistan batting first gave England a target of 326 runs. However, England team was all out for 317 runs. With this victory, England has also been out of the tournament. One on Facebook User Sharing the viral picture, he wrote, ‘After winning from England, the Afghanistan team waved the Indian flag on the Pakistani Ground, which the whole of Pakistan Awam was buried. That is why we support Afghanistan team, Afghanistan Asia’s second big team has emerged.

This picture is viral with the same claim on X too.

After winning from England, the Afghanistan team waved the Indian flag on the Pakistani Ground, which the whole of Pakistan Aamam was buried. pic.twitter.com/bcd7yfgswm

– If you divide you will be cut (@Drmahendragarg1) February 27, 2025

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Fact check

After examining the viral picture, Boom found that it is edited. The flag between the two hands of the person appearing in the picture seems to be placed separately. Apart from this, hands are not clear in both upper corners of the flag.

After this, we saw the Replay of this match at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on the OTT platform Hotstar. We found that after winning the match against England, a man was going towards the ground to hug Rashid Khan. During this time there is no flag in his hand. This visual of the match can also be seen in the video clip below.

After this, the person seen in the picture was identified as Nasir Khan, a member of the media management team of Afghanistan cricket. We also approached Nasir for more clearness. He told us that this picture is edited. He said, ‘I was going to hug Rashid, then I did not take any flag.’ Boom also checked this picture on AI Detector Tool Hive Modration. According to this, the picture is unlikely to have AI genuine or deep -phch content. It is also clear from this that viral image is not AI genuine, but with the help of editing tools, the tricolor has been added to it.

Earlier, a video of misconduct with a cricket fan was revealed with a tricolor -waving cricket fan during the match between Australia and England on 22 February at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore at the Champions Trophy, after which he was taken into custody. There was a lot of criticism of Pakistani officials about this.

This news was originally published by BOOM, and it has been reunited by NewsDeskReport under Shakti Collective.