A perfectly normal conversation and an innocent joke from Herschelle Gibbs to Ravichandran Ashwin turned into a blame game and later Ashwin blamed Gibbs for match-fixing, before backtracking.
Recently, Ashwin had posted a promotion post of a shoe brand on his Twitter handle and captioned it: “Hey Guys! Just got my hands on the new NIKE React. It’s got a stunning design and the foam technology used makes it light and comfortable to use. Undoubtedly, the best running shoes I’ve stepped into, can’t wait to flaunt them. #NikeReact #InstantGo #teamNike”
Hey Guys! Just got my hands on the new NIKE React. It’s got a stunning design and the foam technology used makes it light and comfortable to use. Undoubtedly, the best running shoes I’ve stepped into, can’t wait to flaunt them.
#NikeReact #InstantGo #teamNike pic.twitter.com/SmspLkw2dA— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) February 19, 2018
Responding to the Tweet, Gibbs wrote, “Hopefully you will be able to run a bit faster now ashwin 😂”. Clearly, it was meant to be a joke but Ashwin’s reply to the comment started a storm on the social networking site.
Hopefully you will be able to run a bit faster now ashwin 😂
— Herschelle Gibbs (@hershybru) February 19, 2018
On Gibbs’ comment, Ashwin replied, ” Surely not as fast you did 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.”
However, later Ashwin deleted this Tweet.
With Ashwin’s reply, Gibbs was speechless and believed that it’s good to move on from the topic.
“Can’t take a joke i see😉 anyway moving swiftly on..,” Herschelle Gibbs wrote.
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 Ravichandran (@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 Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) February 19, 2018
I was joking from the beginning😂 https://t.co/nQi6teRuGl
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) 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.😂” Ashwin further added on his Tweet.
“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 concluded.