Girls in blue and white jersey are not from India's U16 basketball team

A post of girls in the blue and white Jersey is viral on social media. Users claim that they are from India's under 16 basketball team.

By Tejal Sinha  Published on  10 July 2021 10:20 AM GMT
Girls in blue and white jersey are not from Indias U16 basketball team

Hyderabad: A post of girls in the blue and white Jersey is viral on social media. Users claim that they are from India's under 16 basketball team.



People have been comparing the height of players in both teams.

Fact Check

The claim is false.

NewsMeter performed a Google Reverse Image Search and found a similar image being uploaded by a website 'Reddit'. The website had shared the picture with a caption: "Team USA's U16 women's basketball team standing next to El Salvador's U16 team. The score was 114 to 19."

El Salvador is a country in Central America. We also found a YouTube video uploaded on October 2, 2020.

According to the description of the video, the USA U16 women's Basketball National team opened the FIBA Americas U16 championship tournament with a monster win. They beat El Salvador 114-19 in Puerto Asyen, Chile.


We then tried to search for the actual jersey of India's U16 girls basketball team. We found a website 'Vimocafe' that had shared the picture of the actual jersey of the team.


It is therefore evident that the viral claim is false. The girls in the blue and white jersey are not from India's U16 basketball team. They are from El Salvador.

Claim Review:Girls in the blue and white Jersey are from India's under 16 basketball team.
Claimed By:Social Media Users
Claim Reviewed By:Newsmeter
Claim Source:Social Media
Claim Fact Check:False
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