WATCH: Ravichandran Ashwin emulates Imran Tahir's trademark celebration

Ravichandran Ashwin has h an eventful year. infamous 'Manking' incident at IPL earlier this year, followed by a remarkable home Test series against South Africa and Banglesh which h also marked his return to Test cricket since December 2018. Meanwhile, in final of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Sunday, Ashwin was involved in a lot of excitement as well.

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Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates like Imran Tahir 

Tamil Nu skipper Dinesh Karthik won toss and asked Karnataka to bat first in final of Syed Mushtaq Ali which was played in Surat on Sunday. Karnataka openers KL Rahul and Devdutt Pikkal h got ir team off to a brisk start and when Ravichandran Ashwin came in to bowl 4th over, he was dispatched into stands by Rahul. neless, veteran spinner got his revenge on very next delivery after he tempted Rahul to attempt same shot and he was caught at boundary. On following delivery, Mayank Agarwal was caught and bowled by Ashwin for a golden duck after which re was stopping offie as he turned sprinter and celebrated in Imran Tahir style. video of Ashwin imitating Imran Tahir was posted by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). 

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Ashwin's early celebration backfires

During nerve-wracking final over of summit clash, Ravichandran Ashwin was in limelight as he h alrey started celebrating in last over after hitting two fours off first two deliveries. To be crowned as champions of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Tamil Nu required 13 runs in final over of innings and Ashwin was on strike. When equation came down to five off four balls, Ashwin thought that he h almost sealed game and celebrated with a fist pump by letting out a roar.  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 Nu fell short of target by just one run.Ravichandran Ashwin was trolled on Twitter for celebrating a little too early just like Mushfiqur Rahim h done against India in World T20 2016. latter h celebrated n in front of Hardik Pandya in last over after hitting two fours and n Banglesh ended up losing game. same happened with Ashwin and Twitterati roasted him for it.

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