South African pacer Lungi Ngidi, 21, being bought by the Chennai Super Kings for Rs 50 lakh at Sunday's IPL player auction set off a series of jokes on social media
Lungi Ngidi
South African pacer Lungi Ngidi, 21, being bought by the Chennai Super Kings for Rs 50 lakh at Sunday's IPL player auction set off a series of jokes on social media. The player himself kicked it off with a hilarious tweet. "Just listened to the #LungiDance song loving it already," wrote Ngidi on Twitter. The Lungi Dance song is a hit track from superstar Shah Rukh Khan's 2013 blockbuster Chennai Express.
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Just listened to the #LungiDance song loving it already âu00c2u009d¤ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u0082
— Lungi Ngidi (@NgidiLungi) January 28, 2018
Thillalangadi @NgidiLungi is now in the den, straight from the South African Safari! #LungiDance begins! ðu00c2u009f¦u00c2u0081 #WhistlePodu #SummerIsComing #PrideOf18 pic.twitter.com/7kEulzuqqp
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) January 28, 2018
"Thillalangadi @NgidiLungi is now in the den, straight from the South African Safari! #LungiDance begins! #WhistlePodu" wrote CSK on its official Twitter handle. Thillalangadi means the naughty one. Ngidi, who was handed his Test debut in the second match of the tri-series against India after Dale Steyn got injured, took nine wickets in two matches.
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