Pakistani and Indian propagandists are spreading a statement in the name of Australian captain Pat Cummins following the IND vs AUS final, claiming that he said, “Indian crowd is usually amazing, but the crowd at Ahmedabad is not, they booed Babar in the first match too. We wanted to silence this crowd in the last match. Thats why I said it and we did it” .
Anas Tipu (“@teepusahab“) tweeted “”Indian crowd is usually amazing but crowd at Ahmedabad is not, they booed Babar in the first match too. We wanted to silence this crowd in the last match. Thats why I said it and we did it” – Pat Cummins”. The tweet was made on Nov 19, 2023, which has received an about 747.9k views on X.
"Indian crowd is usually amazing but crowd at Ahmedabad is not, they booed Babar in the first match too. We wanted to silence this crowd in the last match. Thats why I said it and we did it"
— Anas Tipu (@teepusahab) November 19, 2023
– Pat Cummins pic.twitter.com/yVrHc9IsI2
Verified accounts on twitter, including Umar Rao (“@umar_says_“) tweeted “”Indian crowd is usually amazing but crowd at Ahmedabad is not, they booed Babar in the first match too. We wanted to silence this crowd in the last match. Thats why I said it and we did it.” – Pat Cummins #CWC23Final“.
"Indian crowd is usually amazing but crowd at Ahmedabad is not, they booed Babar in the first match too. We wanted to silence this crowd in the last match. Thats why I said it and we did it."
— Umar Rao (@umar_says_) November 19, 2023
– Pat Cummins #CWC23Final pic.twitter.com/7PLk9IYcI7
Several other accounts, including @preetikhatri22, @Shoaibjutt1940 also claimed the same that the Australian Cricketer made a statement “Indian crowd is usually amazing but crowd at Ahmedabad is not, they booed Babar in the first match too. We wanted to silence this crowd in the last match. Thats why I said it and we did it” in the IND vs AUS 2023 Cricket World Cup finals. The archive can be read from above.
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The truth is that, this is a made-up and fraudulent statement.
We visited cricbuzz for the details of this incident from the Cricket World Cup final match between IND vs AUS. The original statements made by the Australian Cricket team Captain on the IND vs AUS final match were published here.
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ANALYSIS:Fake
FACT:Pakistani propaganda accounts, along with Indian propagandists,are spreading a statement in the name of Australian captain Pat Cummins after #INDvsAUSfinal claiming that he said, "Indian crowd is usually amazing, but the crowd at Ahmedabad is not,(1/2) pic.twitter.com/V0kEDf8AWi
Intent:
Anti-India users circulated concocted stories to set their propaganda against India.
Conclusion:
Claim : Following the IND vs AUS final, Pakistani propaganda accounts and Indian propagandists are circulating a statement attributed to Australian captain Pat Cummins, stating that he stated, “Indian crowd is usually amazing, but the crowd at Ahmedabad is not, they booed Babar in the first match too. We wanted to silence this crowd in the last match. Thats why I said it and we did it” .
Fact : The statement is fabricated and not true at all.
