Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin got into a twitter battle with former South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs. It all started with R. Ashwin promoting a shoe from Nike on his twitter account replying to which Gibbs mocked the off-spinner’s slow run-up.

“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,” R. Ashwin posted on Twitter.

To which the former South African batsman replied, “Hopefully you will be able to run a bit faster now ashwin”

The joke was taken too seriously by Ashwin which reflected in his reply. He 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.”

Gibbs mocked Ashwin for not taking jokes in a friendly manner and wrote

“Can’t take a joke I see…anyway moving swiftly on.”

Trying to soothe the situation, Ashwin deleted the fixing tweet and showed some love with this tweet:

“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”