“Border-Gavaskar Trophy”: R Ashwin advocates fans’ hilarious response to ‘Boys only need one thing’ viral meme

In a video published across their social media handles by cricket.com.au this morning, Australia spinner Nathan Lyon admitted to be aware about the “hard work” needed from his side for his team to retain the forthcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy after eight years.

Although Lyon’s Indian counterpart Ravichandran Ashwin hasn’t made any such admission but it a well-known fact that Ashwin will have to play a similar role for the home team during the four Test matches to be played between the two high-profile teams.

A bowler of Ashwin’s stature shouldn’t be reduced to any sort of filter with respect to the opposition’s batters in the general run of things but Ashwin’s role will be all the more crucial primarily due to the presence of at least four left-handed batters among the specialist Australian batters.

In 18 Tests against Australia, Ashwin has picked 89 wickets at an average and strike rate of 31.48 and 69.2 respectively. With the bat in hand, Ashwin has scored 457 Test runs against the Aussies which consist of a couple of half-centuries.

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Ashwin, who has been left out to accommodate all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja in overseas Tests of late, will also have to aid Jadeja in the lower-order as a batter especially in the absence of wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant.

R Ashwin advocates fans’ hilarious response to ‘Boys only need one thing’ viral meme

Also known for his wit and humour apart from his skills as a cricketer, Ashwin took to social media platform Twitter as a three-word tweet was enough for him to become a source of amazement among fans.

Ashwin spoke for a lot of Indian cricket team’s fans when he reckoned that “Border-Gavaskar Trophy” is the one thing which boys need that starts with “B”. Ashwin’s take on an already viral meme saw people endorsing his opinion three days before the start of the first Test match in Nagpur.

Border-Gavaskar Trophy 🏆🤩 https://t.co/rzDlTW5vJJ

— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) February 6, 2023

Ashwin, who has been part of four away Border-Gavaskar Trophies in the past, will be partaking in his third one at home.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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