Fact Check: Ratan Tata did not offer Rashid Khan Rs 10 Cr for waving Indian flag during WC 2023

Several social media users have claimed that Industrialist Ratan Tata has offered a cash prize of Rs 10 crore to Afghanistan player Rashid Khan after the International Cricket Council (ICC) fined him for waving the Indian flag.

The claim states Khan waved the Indian flag after victory over Pakistan in the ongoing World Cup 2023. Following this, Pakistan complained about Khan’s action to the ICC, which led to the cricket body allegedly fining the Afghan player with Rs 55 lakhs.

Several Facebook users have made the same claim. Click here and here to see the post.

Fact Check

NewsMeter found that the claim is false. Neither did Rahid Khan wave the Indian flag following victory over Pakistan, nor was he fined by the ICC.

We ran a relevant keyword search about Rashid Khan waving the Indian flag after Afghanistan's victory over Pakistan but did not find it reported by the media. Had this happened, the video would gone viral on social media, and news media would have picked it.

We also checked ICC’s Cricket World Cup (CWC) website but did not find notice by the cricket body fining the Afghan player.

Further, we found that Tata took to X to clarify the viral claim. He refuted rewarding players and explicitly made it clear that he has ‘no connection to cricket’.

We also found the TATA’s dismissal of rumours reported by The Indian Express and NDTV.

We did not find the video of Khan waving the Indian flag after Afghanistan’s victory over Pakistan; however, we came across a video of Khan with the Afghanistan flag and dancing with former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan to celebrate the win.

Hence, we conclude that the claim about Industrialist Ratan Tata giving a cash prize of Rs 10 crore to Afghanistan player Rashid Khan is false.