Ashwin Ravichandran makes 'fixing' jibe at Herschelle Gibbs, pulls down tweet later
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Published: Feb 19, 2018, 24:27 IST | Updated: Feb 19, 2018, 24:27 IST
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Apparently, Ashwin referred to Gibbs' involvement in game-fixing
Indian right-handed all-rounder Ashwin Ravichandran got inthe soup over his Twitter reply to former South African run-churner Herschelle Gibbs.
According to reports, Gibbs responded to Ravichandran's tweet endorsing a sports shoe brand.
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"Hopefully you will be able to run a bit faster now," Gibbs tweeted.
Ashwin replied tweeting, "Surely not as fast you did mate. Unfortunately, I wasn't as blessed as you were. But I was blessed with an ethical mind not to fix games which put food on my plate."
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Apparently, Ashwin referred to Gibbs' involvement in game-fixing.
The 31-year-old cricketer later pulled down his tweet reasoning that his reply was made in good humour.