5 Unexpected tweets from international cricketers that turned controversial

4. Herschelle Gibbs & Ravichandran Ashwin

Herschelle Gibbs and Ravichandran Ashwin engaged in an off-field altercation of sorts last year which eventually went on to make headlines. It was actually a twitter conversation which began in a harmless way but ended up creating controversy. Here is how the whole incident panned out.

Ashwin first posted a promotional tweet which consisted of the advertisement of a shoe brand. In the caption, the off-spinner showered heaps of praises on the shoes. Meanwhile, the former South African cricketer Gibbs, in an attempt to troll Ashwin, took a sly dig at his slow running and replied on the tweet, “Hopefully you will be able to run a bit faster now ashwin ????” he wrote.

Hopefully you will be able to run a bit faster now ashwin ????

— Herschelle Gibbs (@hershybru) February 19, 2018

Howbeit, Ravi Ashwin, after reading such a reply, was clearly offended and went on to take a jibe at Gibbs’s fixing scandal. The Tamil Nadu cricketer wrote, “Surely not as fast as you mate. Unfortunately, I wasn’t as blessed as you were. But I was blessed with a wonderfully ethical mind not to fix games which put food on my plate.”

Although, Ashwin had to soon delete this tweet as it created a lot of bite amongst the fans. Gibbs then tried to handle the situation and replied, “Can’t take a joke I see ???? anyway moving swiftly on..”. The veteran Indian cricketer also ultimately came out in the support of his statement and said that he too was joking.

Can’t take a joke i see???? anyway moving swiftly on..

— Herschelle Gibbs (@hershybru) February 19, 2018