Published 15:05 IST, October 12th 2020

Google shows Anushka Sharma as cricketer Rashid Khan's wife; here's the alleged reason

Google Gaffe! As you type Afghanistan cricketer 'Rashid Khan's wife' on Google, it shows Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma's name. Here's why

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Amid all bizarre things happening in 2020, ar one to add in list is — Google showing Anushka Sharma as Afghanistan cricketer Rashid Khan's wife. Don't believe it? See proof below —

re's a reason for goof-up. In 2018, Rashid Khan named Anushka Sharma as her favourite Bollywood actor in his Instagram chat session, along with Preity Zinta. And because Rashid trended for his answer, Google made a connection and algorithm allegedly went bonkers — as a result, Anushka was declared Rashid's wife.

One user commented on glitch by Google and wrote, "And this happens when your program got confused on data... 
So much data to apply mining 
So much to store 
And so much to retrieve as well
We understand it Google." [sic]

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In reality, Anushka Sharma is happily married to cricketer Virat Kohli, and couple is expecting ir first child in January.

Rashid is currently playing for Hyderabad's IPL team, while Virat leads Bangalore IPL team.

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Bangalore beats Chennai

Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli labelled his team's performance against sourn rivals Chennai as one of ir most complete performances. Bangalore beat Chennai by 37 runs in Dream11 IPL 2020 league match at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Saturday.

Virat Kohli's unbeaten 90 powered three-time finalists to a competitive total of 169/4 in ir 20 overs. In reply, three-time champions' run chase was t up to mark as y were playing a catch-up game after having lost early wickets as asking rate kept on getting steeper. Ambati Rayudu top-scored with 42 as former champions were restricted to 132/8. Kohli was adjudged Man of Match for his stellar kck.

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15:05 IST, October 12th 2020