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Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) star batter Virat Kohli has issued a calm and direct clarification after a minor social media storm erupted over his alleged "like" on a fan page post dedicated to actress Avneet Kaur.

The incident, which triggered a wave of chatter across Instagram and X (formerly Twitter), had some fans even dragging Kohli’s wife, Anushka Sharma, into the conversation — prompting the cricketer to step in and douse the flames.

On May 2, social media users noticed that Kohli's verified Instagram handle appeared in the "likes" section of a post from a fan page featuring Kaur. The post, innocuous in itself, quickly went viral as screenshots circulated, comments poured in, and speculations ranged from technical glitches to questions of intent.