Durham: Besides his splendid off-spin bowling and handy contributions with the bat, Ravichandran Ashwin is one of the most active cricketers on social media platforms. He never shies away from interacting with his fans or even cheekily trolling his critics from time to time.
The senior off-spinner on Monday posted a picture on his Instagram, in which he is seen having a discussion with Indian bowling coach Bharat Arun, ahead of the five-match Test series against England. Ashwin asked his fans to suggest a caption for the image as he wrote, “Caption this for me pls”.
The comment section was soon flooded with more than thousands of hilarious reactions from the fans all over. However, the comment that grabbed all the attention came from none other than the Indian skipper Virat Kohli.
Kohli was quick to came up with a hilarious comment and cheekily trolled Ashwin. As he wrote, “Let me bowl pls paji (referring to Bharat Arun).” Ashwin also replied to Kohli’s comment with three laughing emojis.
After finishing the three-day warm-up match against Select County XI, the Indian team is now sweating it out in the nets for the five-match Test series. Even before the Test series has begun, India has had three players hit by injuries — Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar, and Avesh Khan, who have been ruled of the series.
Not only that, Kohli and vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane are also recovering from a stiff back and swelling in the left hamstring respectively. In Kohli’s absence, Rohit Sharma led the Indians in the warm-up match against County Select XI. The first Test of the five-match series slated to begin on August 4 at Trent Bridge.
