'Ash anna bas kardo yaar' - Twitter in meltdown as Ravichandran Ashwin spotted in TNPL player auction 2023

India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was spotted with the Dindigul Dragon side on the first day of the TNPL player auction 2023. The lead spinner in the national side has been doing fantastic in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy. In the first two games, he took a five-wicket haul in the first game and scored 30-odd runs in the second game at a crucial juncture.

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The series is currently led by India by 2-0. With this, they have taken an unassailable lead in the four-match series. Meanwhile, a long gap was given for both teams between the second and the third game. During this phase, the Tamil Nadu Premier League organizers staged a mega auction for the 2023 season as per their schedule. During the first day of the event, Ashwin was seen with the Dindigul Dragons.

The fans haven't been able to keep calm after watching the two-time World Championship winner. They have been dropping amazing comments on social media.

This is how Twitter reacted

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https://twitter.com/AltofLeg/status/1628657747792396288?s=20

Einstein will outshine the rest in the finance too.

— Himanshu Pareek (@Sports_Himanshu) February 23, 2023

Goes unsold here too😭 pic.twitter.com/QPrm6LWQhK

— ` (@Ashwin__tweetz) February 23, 2023

After owning Lol-stralia. A bigggg gap of 10 days before 3rd test.

— Chatenya Mathur 🦁🇮🇳 (@mathur_chatenya) February 23, 2023

Is this legit in middle of the series

— Prasun Jha (@jprasun21) February 23, 2023

He is designated as Vice President in the Dindigul Dragon promoter's company. Been with them since the beginning of TNPL.

— Em chedham antav aithe (@edhokatile) February 23, 2023

R_Anna doing sidequests like in the middle of an important series’ is going to hurt more than 4th day cracks.

— Melon Usk (@GUJJUmELON) February 23, 2023

Bodied PeeSL
India one state league >>>>>>PeeSL
🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂

— 𝙕𝙀𝙀𝙈𝙊 🇮🇳 (@Zemo6_ICTIAN) February 23, 2023

Perfectly using the best cricketing brain

— akhil kumar (@akhilkumarpalla) February 23, 2023

All rounder hai bhai engineering , youtuber , cricketer, bussiness man kya kya hia bhai 😂

— ISHU kumar (@ISHUGUP45648544) February 23, 2023

Ravichandran Ashwin was retained ahead of the auction

Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu player was retained ahead of the ongoing event. Notably, the league is witnessing a player auction for the first time in its history. Previously, all eight teams used to sign players via drafts. Meanwhile, all the teams were allowed to retain only two players for the upcoming season.

Dindigul, for whom Ashwin will play, was retained by the team. During the first day of the auction, they added the likes of Varun Chakravarthy, Baba Aparajith, etc

Dindigul Dragons – Ravichandran Ashwin(retained), Varun Chakravarthy (INR 6.75 lakhs), Baba Indrajith (INR 6 lakhs), Subodh Kumar Bhati, Saravana Kumar P

On the other hand, Ashwin will play for India in the third Test that would be played in Indore next month. The match will start on March 4.