Published 19:14 IST, January 13th 2021
R Ashwin backs SCG batting partner Hanuma Vihari, responds to Babul Supriyo
Veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took a hilarious dig at Babul Supriyo after the latter had misspelled Hanuma Vihari's name in his tweet post SCG Test
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Veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has come out in support of his Indian team-mate Hanuma Vihari after Union Minister and BJP leer Babul Supriyo h misspelled latter's name on social media and at same time, h also accused him of 'murdering Cricket' after conclusion of high-volt third Test at Sydney Cricket Ground where Team India ended up securing a hard-fought draw.
'ROFLMAX!!': Ravichandran Ashwin
It so happened that reacting on Vihari's innings who at a point h played 109 balls to score 7 runs, Union Minister and BJP leer Babul Supriyo termed it "atrocious". Taking to Twitter, Minister of State for Environment, Forest & Climate change said that Vihari "t only killed any chance for India to achieve a historic win but has also murdered cricket".
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neless, Supriyo misspelled Hanuma Vihari as 'Hanuma Bihari', and when it came to Andhra cricketer's tice, he did t hesitate to correct Babul Supriyo saying that his name is 'Hanuma Vihari'. Meanwhile, 27-year old has handled situation really well and has t me any or comments apart from this.
But, Vihari's batting partner in that Test match R Ashwin shared a screenshot of middle-order batsman and Supriyo's tweets and captioned it as 'ROFLMAX!!'
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Ashwin, Vihari do unthinkable as SCG Test ends in a stalemate
Both Ashwin and Vihari h shared an unbeaten 62-run stand for sixth-wicket to ensure that India did t suffer a batting collapse. y wore down Australia by batting for more than 42 overs. Ashwin remained unbeaten on 39 while Hanuma Vihari was t out on 23.
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Vihari, who was limping for a major part of his innings due to a hamstring injury, while Ashwin took several blows on his body especially chest but those blows did t make any difference to ir commitment as duo kept Australians at bay with a marathon match-saving effort.
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four-match Test series is w evenly poised at 1-1 going into fourth and final Test, beginning at Gabba, Brisbane on Friday.
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19:14 IST, January 13th 2021