Slowly and steadily Bollywood actress Ananya Pandey has started to make her name after giving multiple hits on Netflix. While in 2023, Ananya Pandey remained in the headlines over her relationship and breakup with actor Aditya Roy Kapur, the actress broke the internet when a video Riyan Parag went viral on social media. For those who are unaware, Riyan Parag is a young Team India cricketer who plays for Rajasthan Royals in the IPL.
Last year, a video of Riyan Parag live streaming on YouTube went viral on social media for all the wrong reasons. Riyan Parag who was streaming online games, when switched his PC's tab to YouTube and clicked on the search bar, a key appeared that reads, "Ananya Pandey Hot" and "Sara Ali Khan Hot", referring to two popular Indian actresses. THis sparked a meme fest with thousand of social media users outlining that Riyan Parag is attracted to Ananya Pandey.
Now, a video is going viral on Instagram with the claims that Ananya Pandey has started to follow the 23-year-old cricketer. Not only this, the viral video further claims that Riyan also followed her back. This has also sparked rumors that they may end up together.
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Truth behind Ananya Pandey following Riyan Parag on Instagram
True Scoop tried to dig more into the viral claims and visited both the celebrities' Instagram profiles. On checking Ananya Pandey's Instagram profile, we found that the actress is not following Riyan Parag on social media. Furthermore, Parag also is not following the Bollywood actress on social media. It means, the video that is going viral on social media that Ananya Pandey and Riyag Parag have started to follow each other is totally fake and misleading.
Why Riyan Parag is linked to Ananya Pandey?
Riyan Parag hosted a Youtube Live session on May 26 which is when he ended up revealing his search history. The 23-year-old's browsing details of the video streaming platform became a massive talking point among cricket fans and netizens in general.
As the Assam cricket star went to the search bar of the site to look up a song during the live stream, fans were quick to notice his search history with the highlight being, "Ananya Pandey Hot" and "Sara Ali Khan Hot", referring to two popular Indian actresses.