Ravi Ashwin Forgets to Wish His New Boss Birthday on Time, Faces a Wrath from Twitter
Updated - 01 Feb 2018, 08:58 PM
One of the major anomalies during the recently held mega-auctions of Indian Premier League (IPL) was Ravichandran Ashwin, originally from Chennai, being sold to Kings XI Punjab and Harbhajan Singh, originally from Punjab, being snatched by Chennai Super Kings.
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The Preity Zinta owned franchise had to shell out a whopping sum of INR 7.6 crore to seek quality captaincy material of Indian nationality, which has been missing from their team strategies for quite a while now.
The onus of captaincy juggled between George Bailey, Murali Vijay, David Miller, and Glenn Maxwell in the recent times.
Except for Bailey, none seem to impress during the last 5-6 editions. Harbhajan Singh, on the other hand, spent the last decade of the IPL with Mumbai Indians but this time around, the MI think tank were reluctant to retain his services for the upcoming editions of the league.
Interestingly, during the auction, Chennai Super Kings’ team strategy was clearly about obtaining players with vast experience, and therefore, a large contingent of their players are above the 30-years mark. Stephen Fleming had to give away INR 2 crores to bag the Turbanator.
The day, January 31st marks the birthday of Bollywood actress Preity Zinta. Fans and colleagues took to Twitter to wish the bubbly actor on her 43rd birthday. However, her potential captain of KXIP was a day late to wish his new boss on her special day.
Ravichandran Ashwin, a day later, wished Preity with a Tweet saying,
“Belated birthday wishes @realpreityzinta”.
Preity Zinta was quick to respond to Ash’s birthday wish, saying,
“Thank you so much @ashwinravi99 Looking forward to seeing you at the @lionsdenkxip ?”.
Here’s the conversation
Belated birthday wishes @realpreityzinta
— Ashwin ?? (@ashwinravi99) February 1, 2018
Thank you so much @ashwinravi99 Looking forward to seeing you at the @lionsdenkxip ?
— Preity G Zinta (@realpreityzinta) February 1, 2018
Twitterati, on the other hand, found comic fodder in this latest development between the two. Many used phrases like ‘buttering up bosses to keep their jobs while a few hoped this wasn’t the first time he wished Preity. Let us look at some of the other hilarious reactions.
I hope you haven't wished her first time on Twitter 🙂
— Balaji Mule (@ImBalajiMule) February 1, 2018
???? pic.twitter.com/OGFdpsEB2c
— karthik ? (@lcarthikn) February 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/Crickspot1/status/958944902242492416
Not good to forget the Boss's birthday ?
— Akshay Kumar Indian (@kumarakshay1) February 1, 2018
Did you & Harbhajan had visitors from the linesmen from BSNL? They are experts in giving cross connection, as my neighbor & I found out to our chagrin, after they came to the nearest phone junction for some repairs.
— Jose Puliampatta (@JosePuliampatta) February 1, 2018
Showing loyalty even before signing the contract
— Zubi (@iamzubimajid) February 1, 2018
Bro, how can you be late in wishing your new boss?
— Sai Krishna (@92sai) February 1, 2018
Haha.. Even a person of Ashwin’s calliber needs to butter his BOSS!!
— Ashish Mohan Sharma (@aksofashish) February 1, 2018
Train too late to arrived punjab
— Edberk (@lovinsedberk1) February 1, 2018
Apart from being a part time spinner, you kiss ass during most of your free time. #methodofyourmadness
— Varun (@varunshander) February 1, 2018
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