'Dey Football Manager': R Ashwin And Kuldeep Yadav's Sweet Exchange on Social Media Goes Viral
Kuldeep Yadav has expressed his wish to talk about football on Ravichandran Ashwin's YouTube channel.
India offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin is known for his deep understanding of cricket and his desire to keep learning and rewiring his brain to deal with the ever-changing challenges. While Ashwin’s knowledge and analysis of the game is second to none, there’s one sport where his India teammate seems have an upperhand.
India spinner Kuldeep Yadav is a football fan and follows Spanish club FC Barcelona.
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Kuldeep says he wants to talk about football on Ashwin’s YouTube channel.
The proposal came as a result of his amusing social media banter with Aswhin which started with the Kuldeep’s tweet regarding Liverpool’s recent Premier League encounter against Manchester City on Sunday night.
Defending champions Manchester City and Premier League title contenders Liverpool played out an entertaining affair at the Anfield, which eventually ended in a 1-1 draw. John Stones opened the scoring for the visitors in the first half, before the World Cup-winning midfielder Mac Allister slotted home a penalty early in the second half to level the terms.
Kuldeep’s passion for football has always been apparent from his posts on social media and the much-awaited Premier League match between Liverpool and Manchester City further demonstrated it.
“I love this highline. Not afraid of anything," Kuldeep Yadav tweeted on X (formerly Twitter) in response to Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp playing a highline in spite of a lot of first-team members missing.
Ashwin quoted the post by saying, “Dey football manager."
The quote sparked a fun banter between the two, with Kuldeep expressing his desire to talk about football on Ashwin’s YouTube channel.
Dey football manager😂😂😂 https://t.co/BDvDR56Mud— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) March 11, 2024
“Won’t mind coming to your show to talk about this beautiful game Ash bhai," Kuldeep replied.
“Soon! Learning about the game only for you," Ashwin responded.
Soon! Learning about the game only for you🤗🤗— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) March 11, 2024
It was a textual metaphor of the on-field camaraderie that Kuldeep and Ashwin share. In the recently-concluded five-match India vs England Test series, the duo picked up 45 wickets combined to dismantle England.
Ashwin and Kuldeep also reached personal individual milestones of their own in this series.
While Ashwin played his 100th Test in Dharamsala and picked up his 500th Test wicket in the third Test in Rajkot, Kuldeep reached the 50-wicket landmark in just his 12th Test, becoming the second-fastest bowler ever (in terms of balls bowled) to reach a half-century.
The duo will next be seen in action in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League. Kuldeep will be representing Delhi Capitals while Ravichandran Ashwin will ply his trade in the pink and blue of Rajasthan Royals.
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