{"id":70621,"date":"2025-05-03T07:59:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T07:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/70621\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T07:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T07:59:08","slug":"virat-kohlis-accidental-like-on-avneet-kaurs-photo-sparks-controversy-the-cricketer-says-the-algorithm-may-have-mistakenly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/70621\/","title":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli\u2019s accidental \u2018like\u2019 on Avneet Kaur\u2019s photo sparks controversy; the cricketer says, \u201cThe algorithm may have mistakenly\u2026\u201d |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/120843695.jpg\" alt=\"Virat Kohli\u2019s accidental \u2018like\u2019 on Avneet Kaur\u2019s photo sparks controversy; the cricketer says, \u201cThe algorithm may have mistakenly\u2026\u201d\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> Indian cricket star <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/virat-kohli\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virat Kohli<\/a> found himself at the center of an unexpected and hilarious social media frenzy after fans noticed that he had liked a picture of actress <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/avneet-kaur\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Avneet Kaur<\/a> on Instagram. The image, shared by a fan page, featured Avneet in a stylish green crop top and a printed wrap skirt. But what truly ignited the buzz wasn\u2019t the photo\u2014it was the fact that Kohli\u2019s verified account had interacted with it, just a day after he posted a heartfelt birthday message for his wife, actress <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/anushka-sharma\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anushka Sharma<\/a>.<br \/>As soon as netizens spotted the interaction, a meme tsunami took over the internet. Comments began pouring in, with users tagging Anushka Sharma and even dragging Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg into the madness. Some joked about the timing, others speculated about Kohli\u2019s intent, and many simply couldn\u2019t believe the \u2018like\u2019 was real.<br \/>The &#8216;like&#8217; itself vanished soon after, but not before screens had been snapped, posted, and made meme gold. From Kohli being tagged a &#8220;silent admirer&#8221; to memes making fun of Anushka altering the Wi-Fi password, the internet went crazy with imagination.<br \/>To pacify the frenzy, Kohli went to his Instagram Stories with a proper explanation, &#8220;I&#8217;d like to clarify that while clearing my feed, it seems the algorithm might have incorrectly registered an interaction. There was absolutely no intention behind it. I request that no unnecessary assumptions be made. Thank you for your understanding.&#8221;<br \/>But instead of ending the chatter, Kohli\u2019s explanation gave meme-makers new fuel. The phrase \u201calgorithm mistakenly registered an interaction\u201d quickly went viral, with users mocking it as peak \u201ccorporate lingo.\u201d One tweet summed it up perfectly, \u201cGalti se picture like hogai hogi.\u201d<br \/>Although the episode might have been innocent and an accident, the meme fest which followed illustrates exactly how quickly people can make an instant into a comedy legend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indian cricket star Virat Kohli found himself at the center of an unexpected and hilarious social media frenzy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[27855,35360,1406,35362,35361,79,16,15,4221],"class_list":{"0":"post-70621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-anushka-sharma","9":"tag-avneet-kaur","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-cricketer-likes-photo","12":"tag-instagram-controversy","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-virat-kohli"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114442847136230142","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}