India, Feb. 12 -- BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla on Wednesday hit back at former Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik for airing what he described as an "altered, AI-generated audio" during a talk show on a Pakistani news channel, warning against the circulation of misleading content.

The show, which focused largely on the upcoming India-Pakistan clash scheduled for February 15 in Colombo, featured Malik playing an audio clip that purportedly quoted Shukla. The clip suggested that the ICC had acted at the BCCI's request to convince the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to withdraw its boycott threat.

"I would like to show you a clip of BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla," Malik told the panel before playing the audio.

The clip, played alongsid...