Rajeev Shukla Clears The Air On AI-Altered Audio On Pakistan TV Show: 'Urge Everyone Not To...'

Rajeev Shukla, Vice President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), took to social media to clear the air on AI-altered audio attributed to him.

“A video of my remarks on the India Pakistan World Cup match has been manipulated using AI to alter the audio. These statements are not mine. I urge everyone not to believe or circulate this misleading content and to report it wherever such videos are seen,” he said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

A video of my remarks on the India Pakistan World Cup match has been manipulated using AI to alter the audio. These statements are not mine. I urge everyone not to believe or circulate this misleading content and to report it wherever such videos are seen.

— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv) February

11, 2026

What Is The Controversy About Rajeev Shukla?

A Pakistani cricket show, hosted by former cricketer Shoaib Malik, broadcast a poorly generated clone of Rajeev Shukla’s voice, seemingly to influence the narrative around the ongoing T20 World Cup.

The cricket talk show on ARY News aired a supposed audio clip of Shukla reacting to Pakistan’s dramatic, yet widely anticipated, reversal of its proposed boycott of the high-stakes India-Pakistan clash.

Watch:

Here is the clip https://t.co/qEcdKd5NA4 pic.twitter.com/K9IhHL7BXT

— A.Guppta (@gupta_anhud) February 11, 2026

What Exactly Did Rajeev Shukla Say?

“I would like to show you a clip of BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla,” Malik is heard saying before playing the questionable audio.

In the clip, a voice (poorly) resembling Shukla’s says: “I am delighted to see the outcome of the deliberations initiated by the ICC representative on the repeated requests by BCCI to convince Pakistan to play against India. It’s a good solution, amicable solution which has been found to give priority to cricket, important to the game. This is what has been done.”

In truth, Rajeev Shukla had thanked the ICC for facilitating discussions and ensuring that the marquee India-Pakistan encounter would proceed as scheduled.

“I would like to thank the ICC chairman (Jay Shah) and its office-bearers on behalf of the BCCI for finding a very good solution. After discussions with the Pakistan Cricket Board and the Bangladesh Cricket Board, and after listening to all sides, this decision has been taken,” Shukla had said.

“This decision is very important for cricket. Cricket must go on and the World Cup will now be a big success. This is a big achievement as far as the ICC is concerned. Even the Bangladesh Cricket Board has praised the ICC, so it has listened to all sides and arrived at the decision after taking into consideration the interests of everyone,” he had added.