R Ashwin's handling of Harbhajan 'taunt' shows he's 'Mr Super Cool'

Ravichandran Ashwin left talks with teammate Harbhajan Singh right while bowling in the nets during a training session at Indian Institute of Technology IIT grounds in Chennai on March 17 2011 PicAFPRavichandran Ashwin is going through a purple patch in his career right now and with India set to play 10 more Test matches at home we can expect him to set many records this seasonBut having reached the coveted milestone of being the fastest Indian to reach 200 wickets or dont seem to have made him arrogant or proudThe offie who has been rested for the current India vs New Zealand ODI series has been in the news for his congratulatory tweets for Pakistan legspinner Yasir Shah before and after the leggie broke his record in Test against West IndiesAshwin first tweeted good wishes for Yasir Shah who was five short of his 100th Test wicket Yasir had raced to 95 wickets in just 16 Tests since making his debut in 2014Before Yasir the record for the fastest bowler from Asia to 100 Test wickets was held by Ashwin who had taken those wickets in 18 Yasir then broke Ashwins record on Sunday and managed to become the joint secondfastest bowler to take 100 Test scalps after 17 Tests when he scalped Miguel Cummins Ashwin acknowledged the feat with a congratulatory tweetIn the middle of the rising political tensions between the two countries Ashwins tweet brought him fresh set of fans from across the borderWell thats not all Ashwins been up to lately He took to Twitter to put to bed all the controversy surrounding his former teamamate Harbhajan Singhs comments about spinfriendly tracks in IndiaDuring the Indore Test Harbhajan had tweeted in response to one of his followers ldquoKumble and my test wicket count would have been something else if we got wickets like last 4 years we playing onrdquoThis led to media even asking Indian Test skipper Virat Kohli about the issueAshwin took to Twitter trying to stop speculations about his alleged differences with Harbhajanldquoharbhajan_singh has been an inspiration nd I started bowling off spin only after seeing the 2001 seriesThis banter going on is unhealthyrdquo Indiarsquos current premier strike bowler tweeted ldquoBy pitting players against each other we arenrsquot going to gain anything but just a juicy headline Lets respect ppl and keep the game healthyrdquo he posted on the microblogging siteIn his response the senior offspinner from Punjab also clarified that his comments were not against him Bhajji tweetedldquoDear got nothing against you For some reasons my words are misconstrued Wish you nothing but the best Keep the flag high God blessrdquoThe duos mutual respect and appreciation for each other surely shows that the game is still being played by gentlemenHERES WHAT ASHWIN HAD TO SAY ABOUT BHAJJIharbhajan_singh has been an inspiration nd I started bowling off spin only after seeing the 2001 seriesThis banter going on is unhealthymdash Ashwin Ravichandran ashwinravi99 October 17 2016By pitting players against each other we arent going to gain anything but just a juicy headlineLets respect ppl and keep the game healthyethAcircAcircAcircu00c2u009fAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0099AcircAcircAcircu00c2u008fmdash Ashwin Ravichandran ashwinravi99 October 17 2016HARBHAJAN TOO CLEARED THE AIR AFTER ASHWINS TWEETS WITHDear got nothing against you For some reasons my words are misconstrued Wish you nothing but the best acircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u009cAcircAcircAcircu00c2u008ciumlcedilAcircAcircAcircu00c2u008f Keep the flag high God bless ethAcircAcircAcircu00c2u009fAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0098AcircAcircAcircu00c2u0087 httpstcoflIqJYDT4ymdash Harbhajan Turbanator harbhajan_singh October 17 2016