{"id":296024,"date":"2025-05-02T16:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T16:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/02\/virat-kohli-issues-clarification-after-mistakenly-liking-avneet-kaurs-photo-request-that-no-unnecessary-assumptions-be-made\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T16:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T16:32:08","slug":"virat-kohli-issues-clarification-after-mistakenly-liking-avneet-kaurs-photo-request-that-no-unnecessary-assumptions-be-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/02\/virat-kohli-issues-clarification-after-mistakenly-liking-avneet-kaurs-photo-request-that-no-unnecessary-assumptions-be-made\/","title":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli issues clarification after \u2018mistakenly\u2019 liking Avneet Kaur\u2019s photo: \u2018Request that no unnecessary assumptions be made\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/data.indianexpress.com\/election2019\/track_1x1.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Virat Kohli issues clarification after \u2018mistakenly\u2019 liking Avneet Kaur\u2019s photo: \u2018Request that no unnecessary assumptions be made\u2019\" title=\"Virat Kohli issues clarification after \u2018mistakenly\u2019 liking Avneet Kaur\u2019s photo: \u2018Request that no unnecessary assumptions be made\u2019\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"pcl-full-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/entertainment\/bollywood\/virat-kohli-wishes-anushka-sharma-on-her-birthday-with-heartfelt-instagram-post-youre-the-guiding-light-9976945\/\" class=\"\">Virat Kohli<\/a> is the most-followed Indian personality on Instagram, surpassing actors such as Priyanka Chopra and Shraddha Kapoor. Despite having the most number of followers, the cricketer rarely makes an update on the photo sharing app. His most recent update was a heartfelt birthday message for his wife, actress Anushka Sharma, whom he referred to as his \u201cbest friend.\u201d While that post garnered significant attention, Kohli subsequently made headlines again \u2013 this time for liking a post shared by actor Avneet Kaur.<\/p>\n<p>Kohli liked the post before quickly removing the like. However, fans noticed the activity, and a screenshot documenting his initial \u2018like\u2019 circulated widely online. The photo in question featured Avneet Kaur wearing a green crop top and a printed wrap skirt.<\/p>\n<p><ev-engagement group-name=\"contentLogin\"\/><ev-engagement group-name=\"myNotification\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ev-meter-content ie-premium-content-block\">\n<p>Fans not only shared screenshots of the \u2018like\u2019 but also flooded the post\u2019s comment section with remarks like, \u201cKohli saab, what is this behaviour?\u201d and \u201cAkaay beta papa ko phone do.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"osv-ad-class\" style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;height: 375px;margin-bottom: 15px;\">\n<p>Story continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Prompted by the ensuing discussion online, <a rel=\"noamphtml\" class=\"keywordtourl\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/virat-kohli\/\">Virat Kohli<\/a> later took to his Instagram Stories to issue a clarification.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/entertainment\/bollywood\/shah-rukh-khan-reveals-his-off-set-routine-i-do-some-household-chores-9979180\/\" class=\"\">| Shah Rukh Khan reveals his off-set routine: \u2018I do some household chores, help clean the house\u2026\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJCCU9CSvcn\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"subscriber_hide\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/subscribe\/upsc-special\/?utm_source=IESITE&amp;utm_medium=Banner&amp;utm_campaign=Inarticle\" title=\"Festive offer\" data-ie-event-category=\"Event_banner\" data-ie-event-action=\"Article\" data-ie-event-label=\"Desktop\"><img class=\"lazyloading\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\" data-lazy-type=\"lazyloading-image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2025\/04\/UPSC_banner_640x70.jpg\" alt=\"Festive offer\" width=\"640px\" height=\"99px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It read, \u201cI\u2019d like to clarify that while clearing my feed, it appears the algorithm may have mistakenly registered an interaction. There was absolutely no intent behind it. I request that no unnecessary assumptions be made. Thank you for your understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Avneet Kaur is yet to react to the news around her post.<\/p>\n<div class=\"adboxtop adsizes\">\n<p>Story continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Virat Kohli follows only 275 accounts on Instagram. This select list includes his wife Anushka Sharma, actors <a rel=\"noamphtml\" class=\"keywordtourl\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/amitabh-bachchan\/\">Amitabh Bachchan<\/a>, <a rel=\"noamphtml\" class=\"keywordtourl\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/varun-dhawan\/\">Varun Dhawan<\/a>, and Tom Holland, several cricketers, and Prime Minister <a rel=\"noamphtml\" class=\"keywordtourl\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/narendra-modi\/\">Narendra Modi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '444470064056909');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/entertainment\/bollywood\/virat-kohli-issues-clarification-after-mistakenly-liking-avneet-kaurs-photo-9979313\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virat Kohli is the most-followed Indian personality on Instagram, surpassing actors such as Priyanka Chopra and Shraddha Kapoor. Despite having the most number of followers, the cricketer rarely makes an update on the photo sharing app. His most recent update was a heartfelt birthday message for his wife, actress Anushka Sharma, whom he referred to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/data.indianexpress.com\/election2019\/track_1x1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[619],"tags":[177359,105520,105519,230156,230155,230154,100386,5023,1678,61808,3272,144623,85994,7488,15415,48736,3271,3268,230157,4390],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296024"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296026,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296024\/revisions\/296026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}