News of famous celebrities meeting their demise spread like wildfire before it turns out to be fake. Another instance happened recently when former Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya was speculated to be dead. But those reports were all rumours as no news organization or an official had given any information regarding the same.

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This month a piece of fake news was shared over the internet about Sanath’s death in a car accident in Canada. The news also took Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin by surprise as he asked the truth behind the speculations to his 9.45 million followers on Twitter.

Is the news on Sanath Jayasuriya true?? I got a news update on what’s app but see nothing here on Twitter!!

— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) May 27, 2019

However, as the news was fake, Many people expressed their frustration over Ashwin’s tweet. Many advised him to ask such sensitive questions to his cricketing circle instead of making people aware of the fake news.

Bhai International player he tu. Can get it verify through your sources. Don’t come openly. It hurts the family of a cricketer.

— Sagar Khandelwal (@Khandelw13Sagar) May 27, 2019

If we want to see an end to fake news, we need to stop clicking on it, and stop spreading it. #FakeNews

— Rohan Phadte (@rohanss8888) May 27, 2019

So you feel you’re out of #ICC circle…. 😀😀

— Sagar Koli (@ImSagarKoli) May 27, 2019

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Before tweeting u could have searched …but u decided to spread the rumour….lovely

— Nitish Kumar Solpure (@NSolpure) May 27, 2019

U could have checked with ur Kings11 or Indian Cricket Team WhatsApp grp la ?

Ippo Republic TV ll take ur tweet and tell tat RAVI ASHWIN TWEET IS GOING VIRAL.

— Anantha Padmanabhan (@chennai_aps) May 27, 2019

ஸ்ரீலங்கா கிரிக்கெட் பிலயர் எவனுமா டச்ல இல்ல இப்படியா ஒரு வதந்திய வெட்ட வெளில கேப்ப அறிவில்ல https://t.co/fACwaWV8bz

— மிஷ்கின் (@Myskin_offl) May 27, 2019

Sanath had himself denied the news about his car accident on his Twitter account. On May 21, Sanath had said, “Please disregard fake news by malicious websites regarding my health and well being. I am in Srilanka and have not visited Canada recently. Please avoid sharing fake news.”

Please disregard fake news by malicious websites regarding my health and well being.
I am in Srilanka and have not visited Canada recently.Please avoid sharing fake news.

— Sanath Jayasuriya (@Sanath07) May 21, 2019

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After seeing all these tweets, Ashwin came to realize that it is a mere rumour and posted it as a tweet to sort everything out :

Ok it seems to be fake news. 🙏

— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) May 27, 2019

Let us not make a statement about anything in social media before knowing the truth behind it.