New Delhi: Noted cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle on Tuesday denounced a fabricated video circulating on social media platforms that uses altered audio to misrepresent a recent exchange between himself and teenage batsman Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.

Bhogle used his official account on X, formerly Twitter, to clarify that the video has been intentionally manipulated to present the young cricketer in an unfavourable light.

"There is a fake dubbed clip of me and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi doing the rounds on social media. It depicts Vaibhav as being rude and cocky. Neither was that question asked nor was there an answer like that. It is cruel and mischievous, especially towards a young kid who has been very respectful in his few interactions."

The veteran broadcaster appended the public statement by tagging the accounts of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the Rajasthan Royals, the Indian Premier League franchise that features the young cricketer.