Five Tweets From International Cricketers That Turned Controversial

Updated - 13 Jul 2019, 01:37 PM

Ambati Rayudu. Credits: Twitter.

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The cricketers are always in the thick of the action. In fact, sometimes the smallest of things can be a big issue as the players are always in the limelight. Meanwhile, there are some tweets which gathered the spotlight and turned controversial for the players themselves.

These players had taken to Twitter to express their views in the heat of the moment. But they must have regretted their post after the controversy. The tweets have gone viral and the players had to pay the price.

Here are the top five tweets which turned controversial.

Danielle Wyatt

England right-handed batswoman Danielle Wyatt made headlines when she wrote “Kohli marry me” after Indian captain continued to break one records one after the other. In fact, Wyatt had written that tweet in a humorous way. But the tweet was taken seriously in India and Wyatt was trolled after her Tweet. Later, Virat Kohli told Wyatt that these things are taken seriously in India.

In fact, Kohli was committed to Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma in 2014 and later went on to marry her.

Kholi marry me!!!

— Danielle Wyatt (@Danni_Wyatt) April 4, 2014

Mushfiqur Rahim

Mushfiqur Rahim had drawn the flak when he took to his Twitter account to take a dig at India. The Indian team had lost the semifinal against West Indies in the 2016 T20I World Cup. Subsequently, Rahim wrote that happiness is when India losses the semifinal. Hence, the Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batsman was criticised for his tweet. Bangladesh had lost their match against India by one run and Rahim took out his frustration in the tweet.

Ravichandran Ashwin, Herschelle Gibbs Spat.

Ravichandran Ashwin took to his account to promote Nike Shoes. Subsequently, former South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs took a dig at Ashwin as he said that Ashwin would be able to run a bit faster while wearing them. The reply didn’t do down well with Ashwin as he blamed Gibbs for the fixing charges which were levied on the Proteas player during his career. Gibbs then said that Ashwin can’t even take a joke.

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.”

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

— Herschelle Gibbs (@hershybru) February 19, 2018

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

— Herschelle Gibbs (@hershybru) February 19, 2018

I totally believed my reply was a joke too, but look how people and yourself perceived it. I am totally game for this sort of fun mate, we shall dine over this sometime.? https://t.co/Z7YdXQnxeD

— Ashwin ?? (@ashwinravi99) February 19, 2018

What’s sensitive to me isn’t to someone else, and what’s sensitive to you isn’t to me. I want to respect my family of fans and hence pulled the tweet down, and now entertainment over for all my haters. See you later?

— Ashwin ?? (@ashwinravi99) February 19, 2018

4. Jofra Archer

Jofra Archer | England — Jofra Archer. Credit: Twitter

Jofra Archer likes to spend his time on Twitter. The lanky fast bowler has already posted 40,000 tweets and he likes to comment on every situation of the match. In 2014, Archer posted that the sandpaper is out and the ball is swinging. After four years, Steven Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft were banned by Cricket Australia for ball tampering scandal in 2018.

The sandpaper out? Ball swinging all of a sudden

— Jofra Archer (@JofraArcher) December 10, 2014

Subsequently, the fans retweeted Jofra Archer tweet at that time and it was anticipated that Archer had tweeted after the controversial incident.

5. Ambati Rayudu

Former Indian batsman Ambati Rayudu was not picked in India’s World Cup squad. Rayudu had done a decent job and it was a surprising decision from the selectors to omit him from the squad. India’s selector MSK Prasad revealed that Vijay Shankar was picked over Ambati Rayudu as he is a three-dimensional player.

Subsequently, Rayudu took a dig at the selectors as he wrote that he has ordered 3-d glasses to watch the match from home. Rayudu was even not given his chance even after Shikhar Dhawan and Vijay Shankar were ruled out of the tournament. Thus, he decided to hang his boots.