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Online impersonation has fooled the best of us at times. Cricketers are no exception. be it Anil Kumble who had to issue a statement after fake quotes from him went viral on social media or Virat Kohli who felt the need to check if the tennis star Novak DjokovicThe Instagram account is real after it received a message from the tennis champion. The latest on the list of people caught up in an impersonation fiasco is the former Indian Ravichandran Ashwinwho interacted with an impersonator of Ritika Sajdeh– Rohit Sharmathe wife of
Ravichandran Ashwin engages in a chat with Ritika Sajdeh’s parody account
The incident occurred when Ashwin, who is very active on social media platform X after his retirement, received a comment on one of his posts which read: “Australia thought they can sweep us.” the account with a username @Nishitha018 he commented However, since the account had used Ritika’s name and photo, Ashwin thought she was really Rohit’s wife and gave an instant reply 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 enjoying the traction she had received online after a response from Ashwin. “I’m good Ashwin Anna” he answered him. However, by then, Ashwin realized it was a fake account and deleted the entire conversation.
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Ritika and Rohit welcomed a baby boy
In his reply to the impersonator, Ashwin hinted that he was sending his wishes to the youngest member of Rohit’s family. The couple welcomed a baby boy in November 2024, their second child after they were blessed with a baby girl, Samaira in 2018. Rohit opted out of the first match of the Border-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 team in Adelaide for the second Test match. Rohit confirmed the birth of his second child in a social media post captioned: “The FAMILY, the one where there are four of us.” The Indian skipper also mentioned a date 11/15/2024 to confirm the birth of your newborn.
