Published 15:37 IST, December 2nd 2019
R Ashwin sets Twitter buzzing with his Mushfiqur Rahim-like 'premature' celebration
R Ashwin was trolled on Twitter for celebrating a little too early just like Mushfiqur Rahim had done against India in the World T20 2016. Read to know more.
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Karnataka and Tamil Nadu played a thriller of a match on Sunday in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy final. game went down to last ball of match and Karnataka, defending champions eventually sealed deal courtesy some smart fielding and bowling. Tamil Nadu were once again at receiving end after ir Vijay Hazare Trophy 2019 debacle. However, after match, Ravichandran Ashwin was in limelight as he had already started celebrating in last over after hitting two fours off first two deliveries.
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To be crowned as champions of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Tamil Nadu required 13 runs in final over of innings and Ashwin was on strike. Karnataka skipper Manish Pandey handed responsibility of bowling ultimate over to Krishnappa Gowtham. off-spinner started on a poor te as he conceded a boundary off very first delivery. Ashwin slog-swept next ball as well but it didn’t go distance. Firstly, what was striking is that Ashwin removed his helmet and batted bareheaded much like his former CSK captain MS Dhoni would do.
Devdutt Padikkal who was fielding in deep first went for catch but n decided against it and ended up conceding a boundary. It was a crucial moment in match as Tamil Nadu w needed five off four balls. Ashwin thought that he had almost sealed game and celebrated with a fist pump by letting out a roar.
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next ball that Gowtham bowled was a dot, which was followed by a single. On penultimate delivery, Vijay Shankar, who was batting beautifully until n, got run out in order to steal a second run. w 3 runs were needed of final delivery and Murugan Ashwin was on strike but he could only pick up a leg bye. Tamil Nadu fell short of target by just one run.
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Ravichandran Ashwin was trolled on Twitter for celebrating a little too early just like Mushfiqur Rahim had done against India in World T20 2016. latter had celebrated n in front of Hardik Pandya in last over after hitting two fours and n Bangladesh ended up losing game. same happened with Ashwin and Twitterati roasted him for it.
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Here's how netizens reacted -
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15:10 IST, December 2nd 2019