Published 16:43 IST, October 21st 2020

IPL 2020: R Ashwin has a hilarious take on how he managed to dismiss a rampaging Gayle

Veteran offie Ravichandran Ashwin came up with a hilarious reply on social media after having castled the explosive opener Chris Gayle on Tuesday night

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Delhi might have lost ir Dream11 IPL 2020 league match against rrn rivals Punjab at Dubai International Cricket Stium on Tuesday night but Ravichandran Ashwin seems to have been carried away after dismissing 'Universe Boss' Chris Gayle when southpaw was threatening to single-handedly take match away from m with as he was dealing in boundaries before Powerplay overs. 

After having got Gayle's number, veteran offie took to social media and decided to have fun at hard-hitting batsman's expense.

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'Tie both his feet toger': Ravichandran Ashwin

Taking to micro-blogging site, frontline spinner posted an im of him tying power-hitter's shoelaces during Punjab's run-chase. neless, Ashwin h a quirky reply for same as well. He wrote that devil is always in detail. “Tie both his feet toger, before bowling to him”. 

senior off-spinner n mentioned that it was a tough day for Delhi after having lost ir match against Punjab and n vowed to bounce back stronger.

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Gayle, who was looking dangerous out in middle was castled by Ashwin just before Powerplay when he tried to dispatch him to leg-side boundary for a maximum. Christopher Henry went back to pavilion for a 13-ball 29 at a strike rate of 223.8 including three boundaries and a couple of maximums. 

Punjab register a hat-trick of wins

Coming back to contest, Delhi mand to post a competitive total of 164/5 from ir 20 overs riding on in-form opener Shikhar Dhawan's second straight century in tournament after winning toss and electing to bat first.

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In reply, 2014 finalists were in a spot of bor at 56/3. However, some vital middle-order contributions from Nicholas Pooran (53) & Glenn Maxwell (32) and some finishing touches from Deepak Hooda (15*) as well as James Neesham (10*) helped Punjab register ir third straight win by five wickets with an over to spare. 

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16:43 IST, October 21st 2020