Fake Twitter account catches Ravi Ashwin of-guard

Ravi Ashwin is renowned for bamboozling batsmen across the globe with his guile and trajectory. The off-breaker has induced false strokes from several batsmen and has emerged as one of the greatest spinners to have played the game, especially Test cricket. However, this time around, the tweaker himself has been foxed along with his followers.

The Tamil Nadu born cricketer is an active participant in the social media platform- Twitter and Instagram. The cricketer has a Twitter handle by the name of @ashwinravi99 which currently has 8.05 million followers. There is also a parody account by the name of @ashwinravi999 which resembles Ashwin’s original Twitter account.

Recently, the account took Ashwin and his followers for a ride after which everyone realized the crux of the matter. South Indian film musician Vidya Sagar is a composer, musician, and singer who primarily works in Malayalam, Tamil, Telegu, and Hindi films. The eminent personality celebrated his 55th birthday yesterday.

The trick by ashwinravi999

The fake Ashwin pounced on the opportunity and dropped a tweet wishing the singer on his birthday. Subsequently, there were several comments, likes, and retweets from the followers. However, later it was learned that the account wasn’t original. Here’s the tweet

“Today is the birthday of one of the underrated music directors “Vidya Sagar”. He gave us some amazing melodies which got overshadowed by the strength of ARR, my personal favorite of Vidya Sagar is” Malarae Mounamah” from Karna. What’s yours? #Vidyasagar” the parody Ashwin account mentioned.

Ravichandran Ashwin was prompt to react to the hoax and he shared a tweet replying to the fake Ashwin. The tweet said “What the hell. anyways happy birthday to the great musician.” Here’s the tweet from ashwinravi99.

Ashwin has been a stalwart of Indian cricket in the longest format of the game. However, the bowler has struggled to cement his place in the limited overs squad and has subsequently lost his place to the likes of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav.