The Vice President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Rajeev Shukla, has called out Pakistani channel ARY News and former cricketer Shoaib Malik for circulating a manipulated video that falsely attributed twisted statements to him.

 

During a show on ARY News, Malik aired an edited video featuring Shukla's comments about the upcoming T20 World Cup 2026 clash between Pakistan and India. The channel presented the clip as Shukla's reaction to Pakistan's decision to reverse its boycott of the match against India in Colombo.

 

Shukla took to X to clarify that the video had been doctored using Artificial Intelligence. "The video circulating with altered, AI-generated audio in my name is fake. Shoaib Malik, ARY News Official and Salman ARY, please stop circulating this misleading content," he wrote.

 

The video circulating with altered, AI-generated audio in my name is fake. @realshoaibmalik, @ARYNEWSOFFICIAL and @Salman_ARY, please stop circulating this misleading content.

For reference, here is my original video. https://t.co/bi0ZA6tkTJ

— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv) February 11, 2026

 

The manipulated video twisted Shukla's actual remarks to create a different narrative around the Pakistan-ICC standoff. In the fake version aired by ARY News, Shukla appears to say, "I am delighted to see the outcome of the deliberations initiated by the ICC representative on the repeated request by the BCCI to convince Pakistan to play against India. It is a good and amicable solution which has been found to give priority to cricket. This is what has been done."

 

However, Shukla's original statement, made to reporters on Tuesday, carried a different tone and context. He had praised the ICC for finding a solution that ensured the India-Pakistan match would proceed as scheduled.

 

"I am delighted to see the outcome of the deliberations initiated by the ICC representative, supervised by the ICC chairman, and then the representatives who had gone to Lahore to talk to the Pakistan Cricket Board as well as the Bangladesh Cricket Board. It's a good solution, an amicable solution which has been found to give priority to the importance of cricket to the game," he told reporters.

 

The controversy stems from recent tensions surrounding T20 World Cup fixtures. Pakistan initially announced a boycott of their match against India in solidarity with Bangladesh after the BCCI dropped Bangladeshi fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman from the IPL. 

 

Bangladesh subsequently requested the ICC move matches scheduled in India to neutral venues, but ICC rejected the appeal and replaced Bangladesh with Scotland in the tournament.

 

Pakistan stood by Bangladesh and refused to play against India. However, following an intervention by the President of Sri Lanka and appeals from the Bangladesh Cricket Board, Pakistan reversed its decision and agreed to honour the fixture as per the original schedule.