‘Ash Anna toh Modi Bhakt nikle!’ - Cricket Australia slammed for their tweet over Ravichandran Ashwin pulling Mohammed Shami’s ears during Delhi Test

After losing the series opener in Nagpur, Australia were looking to win the second game in Delhi. India won the first game by an inning and 132 runs. On 17 February 2023, the second game began. However, all Indian bowlers like Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Mohammed Shami had a great game.

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Jadeja took five wickets in the first innings while Ashwin managed five in the second Innings. Mohammed Shami took three wickets in that match. Speaking of this second Test, Pat Cummins won the toss and opted to bat first. Ravichandran Ashwin and Shami got involved in a funny incident during that innings.

Here is the shared tweet:

What's going on here then🤣#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/auwMV3u1sL

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) February 17, 2023

India bundled out Australia for 263 runs in the first innings 

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Speaking of the incident, it took place after Australia’s ninth wicket as Mohammed Shami took the wicket of Nathan Lyon. It was the second delivery of the 75th over Australia’s innings. Shami rattled the off-stump. After that, Ravichandran Ashwin was seen pulling Shami’s ears while celebrating the dismissal. Fans found the video funny and it went viral instantly. Even, Cricket Australia shared the same image on their official Twitter account with a caption: “What's going on here then #INDvAUS”. In reply to that tweet, fans came up with some funny tweets and memes.

Speaking of day one of the Test, Australia got bundled out for 263 runs in 78.4 overs. In response to that, the Men in Blue finished the day after scoring 21 runs in nine overs without losing any wickets. For India, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each. Mohammed Shami was the star of the show as he took four wickets for 60 runs in 14.4 overs. For the Aussies, Usman Khawaja scored 81 runs off 125 balls while Peter Handscomb scored 72* runs off 142 balls. Apart from them, skipper Pat Cummins scored 33 runs off 59 balls, including three fours and two sixes. Both Labuschagne and Smith failed once again in this match.

Fans shared some tweets to slam Cricket Australia and those are:

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Just grabbing some hand cream

— JC (@jabbbbbbbbbbb) February 17, 2023

Getting some grease for the ball, obviously #EarGate

— Curtis Woodward (@woodward_curtis) February 17, 2023

MoodiJi whenever he sees a kid..

— Holy Cricket Christ! (@CricketInsight3) February 17, 2023

Ear tampering

— ಐನೋರು (@swAmygaLu) February 17, 2023

Increasing shami’s bowling speed 😂

— SATNAM (@SATNAM__) February 17, 2023

Modi effect 😂 pic.twitter.com/lUZs4LjnC8

— Uddhav Vaze (@unknown_mukhiya) February 17, 2023

fixed it🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/QH5SRMoZFr

— Kawal7818 (@kawal7818) February 17, 2023

pic.twitter.com/XkFx09Wjth

— Rohit (@RohitnVicky) February 17, 2023