Online phishing has sometimes fooled the best of us. Cricketers are no exception. Let it be Anil Kumble who had to issue a statement after his fake quotes went viral on social media platforms or Virat Kohli who felt the need to check if he was a tennis star Novak DjokovicHis Instagram account went live after receiving a message from the tennis champion. The latest in the list of people caught in the impersonation fiasco is the former Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwinwho communicated with the impersonator Ritika Sajdeh– Rohit Sharmawoman.
Ravichandran Ashwin gets into a conversation with Ritika Sajdeh’s parody account
The incident took place when Ashwin, who is very active on social media platform X after retirement, received a comment on one of his posts which read: “Australia thought they could clean us up,” an account with a username @Nishitha018 commented. However, since the account used Ritika’s name and photo, Ashwin thought it was indeed Rohit’s wife and immediately responded to the comment.
“Hi Ritika, how are you? Greetings to the little one and the family,” Ashwin replied to the impersonator’s post. The user continued to be Ritika and enjoyed the traction he got online after the response from Ashwin. “I am good Ashwin anna,” it answered back. However, then Ashwin realized that it was a fake account and deleted the entire conversation.
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Ritika and Rohit have a baby boy
In his reply to the impersonator, Ashwin implied that he would send his wishes to the youngest member of Rohit’s family. The couple welcomed a boy in November 2024, their second child after being blessed with a girl, Samaira in 2018. Rohit gave up the first match Granica-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth and did not travel with the Indian team to Australia to be with his wife. The 37-year-old joined the squad in Adelaide for the second Test match. Rohit confirmed the birth of his second child in a social media post with the caption: “FAMILY, the one in which there are four of us.” The Indian skipper also mentioned the date 15.11.2024 confirm the birth of your newborn.
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