Published 12:12 IST, April 10th 2020

Ashwin hijacks ICC's 'who can be a cricketer?' post, recommends 'Bullet Pandi', 'Bigil'

'Bullet Pandi', 'Bigil', 'Marimuthu' were some of the recommendations that Ashwin had for ICC's query on which person from another sport can become a cricketer

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'Bullet Pandi', 'Bigil', 'Marimuthu' were some of recommendations that spin wizard Ashwin had for ICC's query on which personality from ar sport can become a cricketer. With all sporting leagues across world stalled due to coronavirus outbreak, sportspersons have taken to internet to keep ir fans entertained. ICC's post, on Friday, was hijacked by Ashwin, who gave out recommendations from Kollywood movies including hilarious characters such as Vadivelu's Bullet Pandi, Vishnu Vishal's Maarimuthu and Vijay's Bigil.

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Ashwin turns mankad memory into advice

It has been one year since Ravichandran Ashwin's landmark 'mankading' incident and spin wizard couldn't find a better time to convert memory into a strong social mess. Ashwin's famous dismissal to get rid of Jos Buttler in 2019 has been talk of cricketing world over previous year and has received different opinions from players around world. On first year anniversary of 'mankad', Ashwin wittily converted memory of incident into a strong social mess that is need of hour in India amid 21-day lockdown anunced by PM Modi to tackle coronavirus. 

Taking to Twitter, Ashwin revealed that a fan had sent him a picture of famous mankad incident - Ashwin pulling off bails as Jos Buttler steps outside popping crease. spin wizard used same photo to drive home a mess to citizens - to stay inside ir homes. Ashwin, who has advocated social distancing on many occasions before, said that Mankad memory should serve people as a reminder to stay indoors in order to stay safe. 

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12:12 IST, April 10th 2020