Old Video of USA Cricketers Eating Panipuri Viral as Recent Ahead of World Cup

We could trace the video back to at least February 2025.

Fact-Check | The video is old and is being incorrectly shared as a recent one.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

A video of United States of America (USA) cricketers eating panipuri at a stall is being circulated on the internet to claim that it shows recent visuals of the team ahead of the 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Who shared it?: Media outlets like Free Press Journal, Outlook India, India Times, NewsX World, along with other social media users, shared the viral claim. Swipe right to view all screenshots.

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What are the facts?: The video could be traced back to at least February 2025 and is not recent. This simply meant that the viral claim is misleading.

How did we find that out?: On conducting a simple Google Lens search on the keyframes of the viral video, we found the same visuals uploaded on an Instagram handle named '@_shreeganeshpanipuri_'.

• The video was shared on 4 February 2025 with a caption that said, "USA CRICKET TEAM VISIT @_shreeganeshpanipuri_. SHREE GANESH PANIPURI."

• The hashtags in the caption indicated that the video was shot in Anand, Gujarat.

Other sources: An online portal named 'Latestly', too, had shared a report based on the same visuals on its website that was published on 6 February 2025.

• It said that the US cricket team was scheduled to play against the Namibia team. Before the game, players from the US team were spotted eating pani puri on a stall in Gujarat's Anand.

The report was published on 6 February 2025.

(Source: Latestly/Screenshot)

Conclusion: It is evident that the video is old and is being incorrectly shared as a recent one.

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