India began their 2025 ICC Champions Trophy campaign with a six-wicket win over Bangladesh on 20 February 2025 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. In this context, a video going viral on social media (here, here, and here) shows Hardik Pandya taking a stunning diving catch. The post claims that the video is from the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy match against Bangladesh. Let’s verify the claim made in the post through this article.The archived post can be found here.Claim: Video shows Hardik Pandya’s stunning diving catch from the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy match against Bangladesh.Fact: The viral video is not from the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy match against Bangladesh. It shows Hardik Pandya taking a diving catch to dismiss Rishad Hossain during India’s second T20I against Bangladesh on 09 October 2024. Hence, the claim made in the post is Misleading.A reverse image search of keyframes from the viral video led to an X post (archived) dated 10 October 2024 featuring the same clip, confirming that it is not from the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy match against Bangladesh.Hardik Pandya Diving Catch pic.twitter.com/bNcf01UD1v— MKQ (@MUHAMMA18128412) October 9, 2024We also found the same catch video (archived) from a different angle on the official Instagram handle of the Indian cricket team, where Hardik Pandya took the catch to dismiss Rishad Hossain during India’s second T20I against Bangladesh on 09 October 2024. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Team India (@indiancricketteam)We found the highlights of the second T20I against Bangladesh on 09 October 2024 on Jio Hotstar’s website. Hardik Pandya’s diving catch can be seen at the 12:40 timestamp.Additionally, the Indian cricket team’s jersey in the viral video differs from the one used in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy. A comparison can be seen below.To sum up, an October 2024 T20I video of Hardik Pandya’s diving catch is falsely claimed as from the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy match against Bangladesh on 20 February 2025.The post An October 2024 video of Hardik Pandya’s diving catch is falsely claimed as from the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy match against Bangladesh appeared first on FACTLY.