Ricky Ponting has been subjected to abuse after a wave of social media posts falsely claimed he criticised India’s refusal to shake hands with their Pakistani opponents after their Asia Cup Twenty20 game.

In the first match between India and Pakistan since the brief conflict in April that followed a terror attack in Kashmir, India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav and his team declined to shake hands with the Pakistan team either at the coin toss or after the game, which took place Monday morning (AEST).

This led to a fake social media post attributing comments to Ponting that criticised India as “the big loser” on the night because of those actions. Ponting is the coach of the Punjab Kings IPL franchise.

As has become common, the fake comment was then picked up and churned across social media

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