Getting clustered index update in execution plan even when the field participating in clustered index is not getting updated

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Phani Note: Please mark the post as answered if it answers your question.

Answer 1

I may be slightly off track but,

The clustered index is effectivley the table - so if a column is updated, that column resides in the clustered index (as every column does) so the clustered index is technically updated.