India, May 21 -- Kirti Azad has strongly dismissed a viral social media post in relation to the 1983 World Cup team as fake. The post has a photo which appears to be a hotel bill in which, if one pores over, one sees a lot of alcohol purchased on the night of India's first-ever World Cup triumph, on the night of June 25th, 1983 in England.

Azad, who was part of the squad and played three games in the tournament, dismissed the post as fake. It's a pic of a Grosvenor Hotel bill that night, and it displays some really interesting items. There are whiskey, beer, cigarettes and ashtrays part of the purchased items. The table is booked in the name of the 'Indian cricket team', and the bill is signed by none other than the Indian captain, the g...