Ravichandran Ashwin, Daniel Vettori, Monty Panesar, IPL 2018, India, Ravindra Jadeja,
Chennai Super Kings would bid for Ravichandran Ashwin to boost the team. Photo Credit: Getty Images.

 

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.

Chennai Super Kings, Gameplan, IPL Auction 2018, Bengaluru, Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Chennai Super Kings would bid for Ravichandran Ashwin to boost the team. Photo Credit: Getty Images.

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.

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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

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.

https://twitter.com/Crickspot1/status/958944902242492416

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