Ravi Shastri is known for repeatedly using certain catch phrases as a commentator. File Pic
Cricketer-turned-commentator Ravi Shastri has a unique style of covering cricket matches from behind the mic and some of his catch phrases have become quite famous. The fact that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a cricket lover and that he follows the game keenly was evident during a Twitter conversation Shastri and Modi had on Thursday.
The former India all-rounder and skipper congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his own inimitable style for BJP’s landslide win in the UP elections. But he wouldn’t have expected what happened next. He got a reply from the Prime Minister and that too in his own style.
Shastri, who served as Team Director of the Indian team before Anil Kumble took over, congratulated the Prime Minister using his favourite cliche ‘Tracer Bullet’.
Modi decided to mimic Shastri’s commentary style to shoot back a witty response.
“Congratulations @BJP4India on the landslide win in UP. The pair of PM @narendramodi & @AmitShah went past 300-mark like a #TracerBullet,” Shastri tweeted.
Modi replied, “Thank you. UP polls did not quite go down to the wire. But, at the end of the day democracy is indeed the real winner! :)”
The Prime Minister was of course quoting Shastri’s oft-repeated statements “Cricket is the real winner” and also his “match is going down to the wire”.
Narendra Modi’s witty response to Ravi Shastri left Twitterati in splits
Modi’s response saw over 5000 retweets and more than over 11000 likes by late last evening.
Shastri’s ‘Tracer Bullet’ has been so popular that BCCI had even run a contest with all current India players trying to
imitate the former Mumbai cricketer taking the ‘Tracer Bullet Challenge’.
Twitterati too responded with some of the other popular Shastri catch phrases:
That’s what the doctor ordered for UP @RaviShastriOfc @BJP4India @narendramodi @AmitShah https://t.co/UKGeAgv7P5
— Vikrant (@vikrantkumar) March 16, 2017
@RaviShastriOfc Make no mistake about it,UP was a pressure cooker situation 😂😂and boy they flashes and flashes hard 😉😉😉
— Vivek Sharma 🇮🇳 (@viveksurat) March 16, 2017
@pajikukkadwale @RaviShastriOfc @ronak_hv @MadCrazyHatter_ @devabeva Well what can one say. That’s what the doctor ordered.
— Sumit Kumar (@sumitkumar29) March 16, 2017
@RaviShastriOfc @BJP4India @narendramodi @AmitShah opposition bundled out at their lowest score… It’s like 10wkt haul by Modi’s “doosra”
— Dr Sanjay Shukla (@profsanjays) March 16, 2017
@RaviShastriOfc @BJP4India @narendramodi @AmitShah
That’s up in the air caught and AAP goes for duck !— Trojan_Horse (@SampathRedDevil) March 16, 2017
@RaviShastriOfc true. was expecting a cliff hanger that would go down the wire, but Modi and Shah handled the pressure cooker situation well
— Raghavan (@lawspet08) March 16, 2017
This is how Twitter reacted to Modi’s response:
@narendramodi haha ðŸ‘ÂÂŒ epic.
— Ashutosh (@muglikar_) March 16, 2017
.@narendramodi Sir but all the three results weren’t possible. ðŸ˜ÂÂœ
— Maithun – HMP (@Being_Humor) March 16, 2017
@narendramodi namo namo ji
— Salman Khan (@Rajibsingha_) March 16, 2017
Breaking News: Ravi Shastri to quit commentary after BCCI found a replacement for him. @narendramodi
— ï¸ÂÂSilly Point (@FarziCricketer) March 16, 2017
@payal_choksi @narendramodi *down to the wire* ðŸ™ÂÂðŸ»observation ðŸ™ÂÂðŸ»
— Kaushal Brahmbhatt (@Kaushalbbhatt) March 16, 2017
@narendramodi What a reply! You have lot of smart people in your team 🙂
— rashminp (@rashminp) March 16, 2017
Mohammad Kaif congratulates Modi, gets a response
India discard had recently congratulated the PM on BJP’s win in UP and got a response in return.
While thanking the ex-Congress MP candidate, Modi proudly stated that the scale of the win and the support of the people of UP was ‘historic’.
Congratulations @BJP4India and @narendramodi ji for a spectacular victory in UP and Uttarakhand. UP victory is massive.#ElectionResults
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) March 11, 2017
Thanks a lot. Yes, the scale and support is historical. https://t.co/C6gX9YoqUg
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 11, 2017
In 2014, Kaif had contested in the general elections as a Congress candidate from Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh. BJP’s Keshav Prasad Maurya had won the seat with 5,03,564 votes with Kaif finishing a distant fourth with 58,127 votes. Later in 2015, Modi had nominated Kaif for the Swacch Bharat Abhiyan.
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