Twitter Reactions: Ravichandran Ashwin trolled for being offensive during Gibbs banter
Ashwin's attacking instinct wasn't received well by Twitterati.
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Banters on Twitter have become a normal phenomenon. Often it is fans taking digs at each other and sometimes even the players take friendly jibes across the board. However, things took an ugly turn as former South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs tried to poke one at India‘s Ravichandran Ashwin.
While Ashwin was promoting a shoe brand on Twitter, Gibbs tried to see the funny side of it. He hoped that this would help Ashwin run faster since he’s known to be slow. However, the Indian off-spinner had a really blunt response that left everyone shocked.
“Surely not as fast as 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 tweeted so as the whole Twitterati was taken aback by that.
Gibbs tried to be the better person and slipped off. However, Ashwin went out to give clarifications over his tweet and deemed it as a joke. While some of the Twitter users felt that the Kings XI Punjab player was right at his place, others severely criticised him for failing to take a joke in the right sense.
The 31-year-old has been regarded as one of the greatest Indian spinners. He has accounted for over 500 wickets across international formats. However, of late, he has failed to make it into the limited-overs team. This has much to do with the tremendous form displayed by the wrist spinners.
As usual, Twitter showed it’s creativity in trolling Ashwin. Many felt that he crossed the line and shouldn’t have made personal remarks on the former South African opener. Others also took the opportunity to troll his association with Chennai Super Kings, since the franchise was banned on charges of corruption.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Ashwin’s comment on Gibbs:
Fuck sake. Thought Ashwin is the only guy in our team who can take banter. That was brutal tbh.
— Aakash (@PUNchayati) February 19, 2018
Ashwin very obviously just saw Black Panther and decided he had had enough with the whites.
— MOU5ERAT (@MOU5ERAT) February 19, 2018
Thank you Ash for the spice.
Day was going very dull.— Athar ? (@cricdrugs) February 19, 2018
Ashwin deleted his tweets. Yerrr frustration and non-selection will do that. Those tweets came from a dark place
— Sibongile Mafu (@sboshmafu) February 19, 2018
Waiter: What will it be, gentlemen?
Gibbs: I'll have the smoked salmon
Ashwin: I was blessed with a wonderfully ethical mind not to fix games which put food on my plate
— Sanjana (@poisonaavi) February 19, 2018
Ashwin's ball of the century pic.twitter.com/IWdwMSXbKe
— Dennis Does PSL (@DennisCricket_) February 19, 2018
Somebody please tell Ravichandran Ashwin that Herschelle Gibbs didn't coach Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav..
— Writer Thakur (@IndianWriterV) February 19, 2018
Gibbs be like pic.twitter.com/rN0tmxJP2z
— Bade Chote (@badechote) February 19, 2018
"Man who played for CSK calls out another man for match fixing"
Times Of India
— Dennis Does PSL (@DennisCricket_) February 19, 2018
Ashwin after the salty chat with Gibbs. pic.twitter.com/2RKCZFrTUq
— Athar ? (@cricdrugs) February 19, 2018
Could have said 1000 things other than taking a personal dig. Could have just said, I don't go around dropping World Cups, or anything. Anyway, just my view. No threads, thanks and sorry.
— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) February 19, 2018
Don’t overdo.. you just missed it. It’s okay! pic.twitter.com/4fkZBH6Xpx
— Maithun (MBBS, MD) (@Being_Humor) February 19, 2018
— Bollywood Gandu (@BollywoodGandu) February 19, 2018
Like you get pull down from the Test playing XI when playing outside Asia? ?
— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket) February 19, 2018
Lets not forget @ashwinravi99 played for a corrupt, tainted team, refused to speak up even after charges against their "enthusiast" were proven and compared their return to Manchester United's return after the Munich air disaster and spun it into a joke on being called out.
— Abbotabad First Change Seamer (@TenniceFan) February 19, 2018
If taking offence had a face. pic.twitter.com/572MD98xVm
— adi.? (@baesquets05) February 19, 2018
fixers vs non fixers hehe pic.twitter.com/kl4xtCLAe4
— ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ (@firkiii) February 19, 2018
Chahal: I was blessed with a wonderfully ethical talent not to take wickets only on turning tracks which put food on my plate. pic.twitter.com/NnRjFFcbcb
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) February 19, 2018
Frustrated Ashwin can sense his end just the matter of time before chahal will be drafted into the test side then kuldeep chahal will be lead spinners in tests too…ashwin might not find a place even in the tests in subcontinent.
— ? (@tarun_0707) February 19, 2018
Lol. What idiotic cover up! Pull up bro! Frustration of not being in team is getting better of you. A simple apology would have been nice but you are still neck deep in arrogance. Not your fan anymore.
— THE SKIN DOCTOR (@theskindoctor13) February 19, 2018
Totally unnecessary from Ashwin. Showed great patience when he went wicketless. Why such a departure from one's original self now? pic.twitter.com/ib89OoqER6
— GoanPatiala (@TheGoanPatiala) February 19, 2018
This is true my dear friend https://t.co/iBSv5arFnk
— Chikoo (@TweetErrant) February 19, 2018
Not the first time Ashwin has snapped. Not the first time an Indian off spinner has snapped. Somehow India produces the most mild-mannered fast bowlers and the most combative spinners. pic.twitter.com/M8SOsulCZR
— cricBC (@cricBC) February 19, 2018
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