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Sports fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about sports. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

1,766 published reviews in this topic

YouturnSports

“நாதகவை சேர்ந்த திரு.சீமான் என்பவருக்கும் CSK அணி வீரர்களுக்கும் துளியும் சம்பந்தம் இல்லை. CSK அணி வீரர்களுக்கு பயிற்சி அளித்ததாகவோ, உடன் அமர்ந்து உணவு உண்டதாகவோ திரு.சீமான் கூறினால் அது முழுக்க முழுக்க பொய்யான தகவல் ஆகும்”. – CSK நிர்வாகம் முன்னெச்சரிக்கை அறிக்கை வெளியீடு.

Publisher’s rating: Fake

Factcrescendo Sri LankaSports

Maheesh Theekshana Is The First Bowler In IPL History To Bowl The 20th Over Maiden!

Publisher’s rating: False

The claim concerns Maheesh Theekshana’s final over for Chennai Super Kings against Delhi Capitals on 20 May 2023, and whether he was the first bowler in IPL history to bowl a maiden in the 20th over. Factcrescendo’s review says he delivered six balls without conceding a run, taking two wickets, but was not the first to achieve the feat. It identifies four earlier bowlers: Irfan Pathan in 2008, Lasith Malinga in 2009, Jaidev Unadcat in 2017 and Umran Malik in 2022. Theekshana was therefore the fifth, not the first. The review provides details of Theekshana’s over: he bowled two dot balls, took two consecutive wickets on the third and fourth deliveries, then finished with two more dot balls. It says the fifth delivery landed outside leg stump and was also a dot ball. Chennai Super Kings won by 77 runs. These match details identify the specific performance behind the claim and explain how the review assessed it. The review also makes a narrower distinction: it describes Theekshana as the first spinner to bowl an IPL 20th-over maiden, while the four earlier bowlers were fast or medium-fast. It says Malinga, like Theekshana, took two wickets in his maiden over. Thus the claim’s “first bowler” wording is misleading; the review’s account supports a first for a spinner, not for bowlers overall.