Ravichandran Ashwin took a sarcastic dig on Herschelle Gibbs over match fixing troller on Twitter
On Monday, Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and former South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs were involved in a Twitter spat which eventually turned horribly wrong.
It all began after Ravindrachand made a promotional tweet about a sports shoe brand Nike, calling them the 'best running shoe' to which Gibbs jokingly replied to his tweet saying that those shoes would help him run a bit faster.
Hey Guys! Just got my hands on the new NIKE React. It’s got a stunning design and the foam technology used makes it light and comfortable to use. Undoubtedly, the best running shoes I’ve stepped into, can’t wait to flaunt them.
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) February 19, 2018
#NikeReact #InstantGo #teamNike pic.twitter.com/SmspLkw2dA
However, Gibbs sarcastic comment didn't do well with the Indian spinner, a post which he made a veiled attack on former famous cricketer's infamous match-fixing saga in 2000, that he later deleted.
The Indian spinner swiftly responded to not so funny joke "Surely not as fast you did mate, unfortunately, I wasn't as blessed as you were. But I was blessed with a wonderfully ethical mind not to fix games which put food on my plate", Ashwin had replied.
Ashwin was referring 2001 Hansie Cronje match-fixing scandal, Gibbs was fined and banned for six-month after admitting his role in the scandal.
Gibbs deftly moved away, saying, “Can’t take a joke I see”, but not before Ashwin’s reply had gone viral.
Ravichandran later took a move in order not to escalate the matter further and asked Gibbs for a dinner. "I totally believed my reply was a joke too, but look how people and yourself perceived it. I am totally game for this sort of fun mate, we shall dine over this sometime", Ashwin replied.
This Twitter spat between Indian spinner Ashwin and South African cricketer Gibbs received mixed responses from Twitterati.
Can’t take a joke i see😉 anyway moving swiftly on..
— Herschelle Gibbs (@hershybru) February 19, 2018
Ravichandran later took a move in order not to escalate the matter further and asked Gibbs for a dinner. "I totally believed my reply was a joke too, but look how people and yourself perceived it. I am totally game for this sort of fun mate, we shall dine over this sometime", Ashwin replied.
I totally believed my reply was a joke too, but look how people and yourself perceived it. I am totally game for this sort of fun mate, we shall dine over this sometime.😂 https://t.co/Z7YdXQnxeD
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) February 19, 2018
This Twitter spat between Indian spinner Ashwin and South African cricketer Gibbs received mixed responses from Twitterati.
CSK was also banned for fixing MR Ashwin and u were part of that team. We shall diner over this too sometime v soon 😂
— LostBoyJourney (@trollingsince09) February 19, 2018
Man, even Rahul Dravid wasn’t this good at defense😂
— Naveen (@TheNaveenReddy) February 19, 2018
Seems Kuldeep and Chahal are giving you more sleepless nights than anyone else 😂
— Abhishek 🇮🇳 #408 (@ImAbhishek7_) February 19, 2018
Don’t try to dig it even deeper now. Your last reply was below the belt and inappropriate mate. Didn’t expect that from u and now just because u say it was a joke, it doesn’t work that way. After shooting someone u say that was a joke? Learn to embrace a mistake too.
— Ank (@ankisreal) February 19, 2018
Seeing the matter escalate, Ashwin deleted the 'fixing' tweet and gave his reasons for doing so.
First published: 20 February 2018, 11:18 ISTWhat’s sensitive to me isn’t to someone else, and what’s sensitive to you isn’t to me. I want to respect my family of fans and hence pulled the tweet down, and now entertainment over for all my haters. See you later😂
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) February 19, 2018
