Celebrity anchor Sahiba Bali responds to viral dating buzz with Washington Sundar

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Actress-cum-anchor Sahiba Bali has finally reacted to the swirl of rumours linking her to India all-rounder Washington Sundar, using a wry Instagram Story to question the very basis of the gossip.
Speculation around Sahiba and Sundar spiked after a fan-shot video from Dubai appeared online earlier this year, showing the pair leaving a café together ahead of India’s Champions Trophy fixture. Social-media pages and gossip forums quickly branded her Sundar’s girlfriend, stitching the clip with old photos and screenshots to suggest a secret romance.
Rather than issuing a long written note, Sahiba opted for an understated, almost sarcastic story, framing the rumours as directionless as people trying to track her movements.
In a short video clip of herself riding through a city street, Sahiba overlaid the caption: “internet rumours being as baseless as my whereabouts (surprised at both),” a tongue-in-cheek line widely read as her first public comment on the alleged relationship.
The line “baseless as my whereabouts” doubles as a jab at the constant “spotted” culture around celebrities and the guesswork that often passes for reporting. By refusing to name Sundar directly, she dismissed the chatter without adding more fuel, signalling that her personal life is not up for public decoding via grainy videos and out-of-context screenshots.
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Responses to her post have been split: some fans continued to ship the alleged couple, replying with heart emojis and playful comments, while many others applauded her for calling out baseless gossip with humour instead of anger. Several users pointed out that Sahiba has repeatedly kept her dating life private and that no one is entitled to an explanation simply because a cricketer and an actor were seen sipping a coffee together.
Meanwhile, Sundar has maintained complete silence on the subject, sharing only cricket and training-related updates across his social handles in recent weeks. He will soon be seen in action in the upcoming five-match T20I series against South Africa.
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