Indian off-spinner Ashwin”s promotional video for Nike”s running shoes literally took a turn in the social media.
Ex-South African batsman Gibbs replied sarcastically, that Ashwin would run faster with these brand new shoes on. The conversation took a turn when Ash replied Gibbs mentioning his controversial match-fixing allegations in the year 2000 in their tour to India.
https://twitter.com/hershybru/status/965515311834390528
It is noted that the Ex-SA captain Hansie Cronje was charged by the Delhi police for fixing the ODI series against India in March 2000.Gibbs was also a part of these charges as he was asked to get out under 20 runs for an amount of $15000.
Ashwin mentioned in his tweet “ethical mind not to fix games which put food on my plate.”
The spinner posted the following tweet
Gibbs then mentioned that Ashwin as not in a good spirit to take the joke. Ash, on the other hand, said that his jibe was a joke but everyone else took in a different way.
https://twitter.com/hershybru/status/965523683312795649
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 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) February 19, 2018
Moments later Ashwin deleted the fixing jibe tweet and put up another tweet clarifying his tweet.
What’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 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) February 19, 2018
These tweets were a buzzing topic in the social media for the past 24 hours and eventually ended up as a friendly banter as both of them made it clear it wasn”t made it intentionally.