NEW DELHI: Herschelle Gibbs's attempt at trolling Ravichandran Ashwin did not end smartly with the Indian offspinner responding with a fixing jibe aimed on the former South African batsman.
Ashwin posted a video promoting Nike's new vary of running shoes. Gibbs replied saying optimistically the Indian will have the ability to run faster after getting his hands on them.
This is when then conversation took an interesting turn. A stung Ashwin blasted him with a sly dig at Gibbs' chequered history with match-fixing saying while he isn't athletically talented because the Proteas however he does have an "ethical mind not to fix games which put food on my plate."
Moments later, Gibbs then accused Ashwin of no longer being sporting enough to take his funny story in the correct spirit.
Well, Ashwin then attempted to diffuse the situation through claiming his jibe was once a funny story too however everyone including Gibbs took it in a different way.
After the banters went viral, Ashwin pulled down the tweet with the fixing jibe and put up some other with more clarification.
Here's the screenshot of the debatable tweet:
And beneath is the newest clarification:
Just for the uninitiated here's a little background on Gibb's history with match-fixing. On April 7, 2000, Delhi police charged overdue South Africa captain Hansie Cronje with fixing the ODI sequence towards India in March. Gibbs, Pieter Strydom and Nicky Boje were additionally stuck within the internet. While Cronje first denied the allegations sooner than proudly owning as much as his misdeeds.
He was once ultimately sacked and SA launched the King Commission. Team-mates testified towards Cronje, who ultimately admitted to taking huge sums of cash for giving information to bookmakers and asking teammates to underperform. Cronje was once banned for lifestyles. Gibbs confessed he had accredited an offer from his former captain to make less than 20 runs in an ODI in India previous within the year in exchange for $15,000.
Ashwin posted a video promoting Nike's new vary of running shoes. Gibbs replied saying optimistically the Indian will have the ability to run faster after getting his hands on them.
Hey Guys! Just got my hands on the new NIKE React. It’s got a shocking design and the foam technology used makes it… https://t.co/QOMqJvkHAI
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) 1519027464000 @ashwinravi99 @niallnobiobrien Hopefully it is possible for you to to run somewhat faster now ashwin 😂
— Herschelle Gibbs (@hershybru) 1519031763000 This is when then conversation took an interesting turn. A stung Ashwin blasted him with a sly dig at Gibbs' chequered history with match-fixing saying while he isn't athletically talented because the Proteas however he does have an "ethical mind not to fix games which put food on my plate."
Moments later, Gibbs then accused Ashwin of no longer being sporting enough to take his funny story in the correct spirit.
@ashwinravi99 Can’t take a funny story i see😉 anyway transferring impulsively on..
— Herschelle Gibbs (@hershybru) 1519033759000 Well, Ashwin then attempted to diffuse the situation through claiming his jibe was once a funny story too however everyone including Gibbs took it in a different way.
I utterly believed my answer was once a funny story too, however look how folks and your self perceived it. I am utterly game for th… https://t.co/658orrQpj5
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) 1519034346000 After the banters went viral, Ashwin pulled down the tweet with the fixing jibe and put up some other with more clarification.
Here's the screenshot of the debatable tweet:
And beneath is the newest clarification:
What’s delicate to me isn’t to any person else, and what’s delicate to you isn’t to me. I wish to admire my family… https://t.co/LB1LeyEHDh
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) 1519036163000 Just for the uninitiated here's a little background on Gibb's history with match-fixing. On April 7, 2000, Delhi police charged overdue South Africa captain Hansie Cronje with fixing the ODI sequence towards India in March. Gibbs, Pieter Strydom and Nicky Boje were additionally stuck within the internet. While Cronje first denied the allegations sooner than proudly owning as much as his misdeeds.
He was once ultimately sacked and SA launched the King Commission. Team-mates testified towards Cronje, who ultimately admitted to taking huge sums of cash for giving information to bookmakers and asking teammates to underperform. Cronje was once banned for lifestyles. Gibbs confessed he had accredited an offer from his former captain to make less than 20 runs in an ODI in India previous within the year in exchange for $15,000.
Trolled by Gibbs, Ashwin responds with fixing jibe
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