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She has used an old picture from the 2012 London Olympics to wish the Indian team. In the image, we can see Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar as India's Flag-bearer. However, this year, hockey team skipper Manpreet Singh along with world champion boxer MC Mary Kom was seen as the Flag-bearer of Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Using the hashtag 'Tokyo 2021', she wrote, 'Best of luck to the Indian contingent' with the Indian flag and heart emojis. Netizens, however, were quick to spot the error as they spotted Sushil Kumar, who eventually added to his silver medal at the 2008 Olympics with a bronze in that edition, carrying the Indian flag.
Netizens also pointed out that one of the athletes present in the contingent is wrestler Sushil Kumar, who is currently lodged in jail over murder charges.
Well, this is not the first time Alia has proved that she is 'beauty without brains' (popularly known among the trollers). Last year in January, the actress blindly retweeted asking her followers to help 'find the cat' in the picture. However, what she missed was, the cat wasn't missing rather than her 'owner' was missing.
Meanwhile, India was off to an impressive start to Olympics as Mirabai Chanu won a Silver medal on day 1. The wrestler won the honor in 49kgs caregory. Many Bollywood celebrities conveyed their congratulations to athelete.