A doctored picture purportedly showing the wedding of former Indian tennis player Sania Mirza and Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami went viral on social media. However, this image is fake, and a manipulated one, from her wedding pictures with cricketer Shoaib Malik from April 2010.
On June 12, a Facebook account posted the morphed image with Malik’s face superimposed from the original photo and replaced by Shami’s, claiming the two athletes are married.
However, a fact fact-checking initiative from the Centre for Excellence in Journalism (CEJ) in Karachi, iVerify Pakistan, has debunked the claim.
The image in question first appeared on Facebook, captioned, “Sania Mirza married Mohammad Shami after divorce with Shoaib! Nikkah pictures viral, know the truth." This post gained over 5,000 likes. Another post with the same image and caption, shared on June 8 by an Indian account, garnered over 18,000 likes. The same image was also circulated on X.
A reverse image search conducted by the team revealed that the viral picture was an edited version of Mirza’s 2010 wedding photo with Shoaib Malik. The original image, showed Mirza in a red wedding dress and Malik in a traditional white wedding dress. The viral image had Mohammed Shami’s face superimposed over Malik’s.
Mirza married Malik in April 2010, but in January 2024, Mirza’s father announced on Instagram that she and Malik had been divorced for a few months. Malik has since married actress Sana Javed. This announcement led to various rumors, including the false claim of Mirza’s alleged wedding with Shami.
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