Herschelle Gibbs Shuts Down Twitter Troll With An Epic Reply

Off late, Social media has become a boon to the celebrities, as they are being the victims of it on a regular basis. However, there are few heroes, who come out on top even on social media as well. The latest to be involved in the scenario is the former opening batsman Herschelle Gibbs.

How long South Africa persist with Bruyn and Bavuma?

Recently, after the poor display of batting by Temba Bavuma and De Bruyn, Herschelle Gibbs expressed his disappointment asking the survival of the duo in the national team. Meanwhile, one of the fans tried to troll Gibbs. The fan said that the duo are similar to Gibbs, who also played for a while before contributing to South Africa across the formats.

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In reply, Herschelle Gibbs digs out the stats quoting that he smashed a double century followed by a hundred just after 15 games in Test format of the game. Theunis de Bruyn has played 10 Tests for South Africa and averages 18.94 while Temba Bavuma has represented South Africa on 37 occasions and averages 32.11.

Question is how long are they gonna persist with de bruyn and bavuma #INDvSA #sscricket

— Herschelle Gibbs (@hershybru) October 6, 2019

Sorry I got 200 and 100 after 15 tests and you?

— Herschelle Gibbs (@hershybru) October 6, 2019

Meanwhile, one of the fans asked about the survival of Jean-Paul Duminy in the longer version of the game. However, the former opener quoted that the selectors would have dropped him way earlier but somehow, the flamboyant batsman in limited-overs has got chances to continue in the Test cricket.

? he should have been dropped ages ago before he retired. Everyone knows that.. can’t use that as an excuse bru

— Herschelle Gibbs (@hershybru) October 6, 2019

Well, it would be interesting to see whether the South Africa team will make changes to the batting lineup for the second Test or not. After an embarrassing loss in the first Test, South Africa will next play India on October 10th at Maharashtra Cricket Association, Pune.

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Following it, they will conclude their tour of India with the final Test series set to be played on October 19th at JSCA Complex, Ranchi.