What Happened: Social media recently spread rumors that Pakistan cricketer Babar Azam had announced his retirement from Test cricket after Bangladesh defeated Pakistan 2-0 in a Test series. The rumors came from fake social media accounts, which falsely claimed that Babar was quitting and mocked his recent performance.

What you need to know: These posts were from parody accounts like “Jay Shah (parody)” and “Babar Azam – Parody,” not from Babar Azam’s official social media pages. Babar Azam’s real accounts on X and Instagram did not have any such retirement announcements.

More: In the series, Babar Azam scored 64 runs in four innings, with a highest score of 31 in the second Test. He has faced criticism for his performance in 2023, managing only 317 runs in eight Test matches, with his last century coming in December 2022.