India registered a comfortable win in the second Test against South Africa in Pune. Along with this news, the other thing which became a piece of big news is none other than head coach Ravi Shastri’s picture posted by ICC. He became a meme target of social media trollers after International Cricket Council (ICC) posted a picture of Shastri on Sunday where he was seen stretching his arms during a practice session of India which was similar to that of Jack – the lead character played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the iconic film ‘Titanic’.
ICC posted the picture asking everyone to “caption this”. However, the picture became a meme fest on Twitter and fans started posting memes and photoshopped his image to jokes on Ravi Shastri’s lifestyle as well.
Caption this 🤘 pic.twitter.com/prtM6jrnXA
— ICC (@ICC) October 13, 2019
Here is how Twitterati reacted:
— Vaishnav Devta (@VaishnavDevta) October 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/maza_kiya/status/1183245272186359808?s=20
Close enough?🤣😭 pic.twitter.com/k5PScbCmlN
— s (@theesmaarkhan) October 13, 2019
Forgot this one 🤣😭 pic.twitter.com/NgNXNgtiii
— s (@theesmaarkhan) October 13, 2019
— s (@theesmaarkhan) October 13, 2019
Aaj Sunday Hai Toh Daru Peene Ka Din Hai 😆😝 pic.twitter.com/eurH48QPhJ
— Dr Khushboo 🇮🇳 (@khushbookadri) October 13, 2019
Ye hath muje dede thakur pic.twitter.com/IWWznoGpWF
— Mask 🎭 (@Mr_LoLwa) October 13, 2019
Ek haath mai Chakhna ek mai Daru
Aaj sara din mai pii ke guzaru pic.twitter.com/HCe90cOX93
— Sir-kid (@ooobhaishab) October 13, 2019
#SRK Fan 🤔🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/BTByjLkz2n
— Rohit Vertex Goswami 🇮🇳🚩 (@rohit_vertex) October 13, 2019
In August, Ravi Shastri was reappointed as Team India head coach for another two years which will end with the 2021 T20 World Cup in India. However, this is his fourth term with the Indian team as he has already served as the Cricket Manager (2007 tour of Bangladesh), Team Director (2014-2016) and head coach (2017-2019) earlier.
Under his tenure, India won over the West Indies in all formats and then a three-match T20 International series against South Africa which ended in a 1-1 draw at home. Even with the second win in the Test against South Africa, they registered a record 11th successive Test series win at home as well.
Virat Kohli-led India also tops the ICC Test Championship points table by a huge margin where they have already earned 160 points because of a 2-0 clean sweep against the West Indies and a 203-run win in the first Test against South Africa in Vizag. New Zealand are in the second place and they have only 60 points so far from the ICC Test Championship.
