The veteran Indian spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin had quite the match in India’s second Test against England. Apart from taking eight wickets in the game, he also amassed his fifth Test century. Another battle that Ashwin won in the match was that against England’s flamboyant, all-rounder Ben Stokes. Having kept Steven Smith quiet in Australia – Ashwin dismissed him thrice in the four-match series – the off-spinner was too hot to handle for Stokes at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
Ahead of the second Test in Chennai, Ravichandran Ashwin had dismissed Ben Stokes eight times in nine matches and after his dismissal of Tuesday, the tally became 10 times out of 10, having dismissed him in both innings. Having castled Stokes with a peach of a delivery in England’s first innings, the Indian spinner managed to deceive the southpaw with the ball going straight and take an inside edge off Stokes’ bat onto his pad and straight to a diving Virat Kohli at second slip.
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As Ashwin reasserted his dominance over Stokes in Tets, Twitter was abuzz with memes and jokes about the England all-rounder being his “bunny”. Former Indian opener, Wasim Jaffer was among the many to come up with hilarious posts on the Ashwin-Stokes rivalry.
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Jaffer shared two pics, with one of Stokes celebrating his Ashes knock in Headingly with the caption “What we see when we see Stokes” and the other of Ranbir Kapoor from the movie ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’, with the caption “What Ashwin sees when he sees Stokes”. For the uninitiated, Ranbir Kapoor’s character in the movie was named ‘Bunny’.
What we see when we see Stokes
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What Ashwin sees when he sees Stokes😉 #INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/gPzhUcBvD5— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) February 16, 2021
#INDvEND
Ben stokes comes to bat
Ashwin pic.twitter.com/ltpKZFKkQR— bhargavprdip (@bhargav_prdip) February 16, 2021
When Ashwin is bowling to Ben Stokes.
Ben Stokes 👇 pic.twitter.com/kh9OoSPQlG
— ∆nkit🏏🇮🇳 (@Armchair_critic) February 15, 2021
Ashwin to Stokes from next match!😆
Ashwin has dismissed Ben Stokes for 10 times now 😎!
Legend for a reason 🙌@prithinarayanan @ashwinravi99 #INDvsENG #Ashwin pic.twitter.com/y3BiNgtCBE— Keshav (@keshavcric) February 16, 2021
When Ben Stokes comes to bat…
Ashwin : pic.twitter.com/hiQiums35b
— Nitish Chauhan (@Nits_Rajput_007) February 16, 2021
Want Ben Stokes wicket?
Call @ashwinravi99 pic.twitter.com/WkZ230uwMj— Anshuman (@aikido_07) February 16, 2021
Ashwin’s exploits helped India seal a 317-run win against England and level the series at 1-1, having lost the first game at the same stadium. The two sides will next meet at the Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad for the Day-Night Test beginning February 24.
