Hyderabad: India vs Pakistan remains one of the most intense rivalries in world cricket, drawing massive attention from fans globally. The two teams clashed in the group stage of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, where India outplayed Pakistan, knocking them out of the tournament. While Pakistan, the host nation for this edition of the Champions Trophy, failed to progress beyond the group stage, India secured a spot in the semi-finals and is set to face Australia on 4 March at the Dubai International Stadium.
Amid the excitement of the ongoing tournament, a video has surfaced on social media, claiming to show Team India’s celebrations after their victory against Pakistan on 23 February 2025, in Dubai.
The video shows Indian players, including Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Hardik Pandya, singing ‘Vande Mataram’ along with the cheering crowd while taking a lap around the stadium. At the end of the video, Kuldeep Yadav can be seen holding a trophy and passing it to Yuzvendra Chahal.
A Facebook user shared the video with the caption, “A win over Pakistan celebrations is this #INDvsPAK #ChampionsTrophy” on February 24, 2025, a day after India’s victory over Pakistan. (Archive)
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NewsMeter found that the viral claim was misleading. The video actually shows Team India’s T20 World Cup 2024 victory parade at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium.
A reverse image search of a keyframe from the viral video led to an article published by The Times of India titled ‘Was it Virat Kohli’s idea to sing ‘Vande Mataram’ with Wankhede crowd during Team India’s victory lap?’ The article, dated 8 July 2024, included an image matching the viral video.
The article states that after India’s thrilling victory against South Africa in the T20 World Cup final, Rohit Sharma and his team embarked on a victory lap at Wankhede Stadium, celebrating with fans and expressing gratitude for their support.
Further, we found that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had shared the same video on its official X (formerly Twitter) and Indian Cricket Team Facebook accounts on July 4, 2024, with the caption ‘Vande Mataram ’.
वंदे मातरम 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/j5D4nMMdF9
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 4, 2024
A further keyword search also led us to an India Today article titled ‘India’s open-bus victory parade in Mumbai: Top 10 moments and quotes’, published on 4 July 2024. It mentioned that Team India celebrated their T20 World Cup win with an open-bus parade along Marine Drive before heading to Wankhede Stadium, where they danced and sang with thousands of fans.
India ended an 11-year wait for an ICC trophy by winning the 2024 T20 World Cup, held in the USA and the West Indies. Under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, India defeated South Africa in a dramatic final to secure their second T20 World Cup title.
The viral claim that a video shows Team India’s celebration after defeating Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is misleading. The video captures Team India’s celebrations with fans at Wankhede Stadium in 2024 after winning the T20 World Cup.
This story was originally published by NewsMeter as part of the Shakti Collective. Apart from the headline, excerpt and introduction, this story has not been edited by ThePrint staff.