A screenshot of a tweet, seemingly attributed to newswire ANI is doing the rounds on social media.
“#IPL2020 BCCI has decided to conduct IPL 2020 in UAE which is a part of Nepal,” the tweet read.
The tweet seems to be a dig at the Nepalese Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s controversial remark over Lord Ram and Ayodhya.

FACT CHECK

NewsMobile fact-checked the above post and found it to be misleading.
We checked the handle visible (@ANI_Mumbai) in the screenshot and found that it’s a parody account.

We also found that this parody account has actually been blocked by the actual verified Twitter handle of ANI.

Here’s the original tweet posted by ANI regarding IPL 2020.

IPL 2020, that was postponed due to coronavirus, will now be held in the UAE. We have applied for the government’s permission. We will discuss the further course of action in IPL General Council: Brijesh Patel, IPL Chairman pic.twitter.com/aD0OndcQ1Q

— ANI (@ANI) July 21, 2020

Hence, from the above information, we can conclude that the post in circulation is misleading.

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