Fact check: Is the viral Virat Kohli fan Pakistani?

After the highly anticipated cricket match between India and Pakistan on Saturday in Sri Lanka, a video went viral where a girl, allegedly a Pakistani, was seen saying that she was a huge fan of batting maestro Virat Kohli. When the video went viral, several Pakistani social media users slammed the as fake, saying that the girl’s accent was not typical of the country.

The woman in question is indeed from Pakistan, and is fluent in Saraiki, the language of South Punjab. A user shared multiple videos where she could be speaking in both Saraiki and Urdu both.

Her official Tiktok account is Khaani, where she can be seen showing her Pakistani passport and has the same yellow nail polish as well as the flags of both India and Pakistan painted on her cheeks as in the viral video.

@lovekhaani ✈️🇱🇰🇵🇰Babar Aur Kohli🇮🇳#srilanka #khaani ♬ original sound – Khaani

@lovekhaani 💚🇵🇰#khaani ♬ original sound – Khaani