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...But I was blessed with a wonderfully ethical mind not to fix games that put food on my plate

Published - February 20, 2018 11:31 am IST

Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin and Herschelle Gibbs were on Monday involved in a twitter spat, in which the India off-spinner could not stop himself from taking a match-fixing jibe at the former South African batsman.

It all started when former South African opener Herschelle Gibbs tweeted while reacting to a footwear brand that Ashwin endorsed on Monday, “Hopefully you will be able to run faster now Ashwin.” Gibbs claimed it was a joke but the tweet appeared to have touched a raw nerve in Ashwin attempting a comeback in the shorter formats where fielding is a critical element.

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