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Fact Check: Was MI vs KKR match fixed?

Fact Check: Was MI vs KKR match fixed?

In the fifth match of IPL 2021, MI defeated KKR as Trent Boult’s last over turned the tables for MI and got them back in the hyped match.

Post completion of the match, trends on Twitter caught flame with the #Fixing as netizens seemed to hint some fixing around in the MI vs KKR match. The hashtag made to the top trends quickly after the MI washed the KKR in a stellar match.

However, the board or authorities haven’t declared anything as such which makes the trend and the debate baseless and proves the rumours to be just Twitter trends and no official news.

A series of memes that caught major attention on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/kanicastic/status/1382033284889255941?s=19

Asmita Thakkar

Asmita Thakkar is a political science student, currently pursuing the third year from MIT- World Peace University (Pune). She herself being a cricketer for five years and her interest in politics , sports and journalism makes her a good fit as a sports journalist and political journalist. Apart from journalist, she is also a poet and an actor. She is currently working as a Chief Sub-Editor at India Shorts and can be contacted via asmitathakkar10@gmail.com