Overview

• A fan-page post on X on October 19 falsely attributed to Sidhu a call to sack chief selector Ajit Agarkar and head coach Gautam Gambhir and to restore Rohit Sharma as ODI captain for 2027.
• Sidhu publicly rejected the claim on October 20 on X, writing, “Never said it, don’t spread fake news, never imagined it. Shame on you.”
• InsideSport reported the post accumulated more than 600,000 views and included no cited source.
• Fact-check coverage published today confirmed the quote was fabricated and not traceable to any verified statement from Sidhu.
• The episode follows BCCI’s early-October decision to appoint Shubman Gill as ODI captain with the 2027 World Cup in view, a move that has drawn online criticism of Gambhir and Agarkar.