AUS v IND 2020-21: Fans joke after Ravi Shastri shares team info over a drink with Ian Chappell

Chappell revealed Ravi Shastri talked about India's third pacer in upcoming Test series.

By - 10 Dec, 2020

Former Australia captain Ian Chappell recently revealed India head coach Ravi Shastri shared that India most likely will use Umesh Yadav as the third pacer in the first Test of the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Adelaide, starting from December 17.

Chappell said he was having a drink with Shastri when the latter told him about India's third pacer. Fast bowler Ishant Sharma was ruled out of the tour to Australia. “I was having a drink with Ravi (Shastri) the other day and he told me that probably (Umesh) Yadav will get the nod as the third pacer.”, was quoted by PTI.

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Twitterati saw the funny side of the story and had a laugh about the detail shared on a drink by Shastri. Some jokingly said the India head coach may even share important information over a drink in the future.

Here are the tweets:

Come for the Drinks, take back the Team info. https://t.co/uFWih78Jq4
— Tracer Bullet (@ravimaestri) December 9, 2020

Virat to Shastri now https://t.co/TMlPvBZDhB pic.twitter.com/Xpiasi3lfc
— Anup R (@YNWA_AR) December 9, 2020

Shastri playing his drunk game to bluff the opposition https://t.co/IYVkr0gpEC pic.twitter.com/Qnyp8epomu
— cric_bakchod (@Cric_bakchod) December 9, 2020

Ravi bhai playing mind games with Aussies. They will prepare for Umesh but Siraj will come out of syllabus and dismiss Steve Smith and Marnus. ????.

One of the shrewdest coaches around the world. https://t.co/RxYn48y4yR
— BALAJI (@deep_extracover) December 9, 2020

When Shabaz Ahmed gonna debut RCB day before he was strictly instructed by RCB that he must not reveal this news even to his parents/friends etc IPL teams maintain that much secrecy ... Where as here Shastri fellow drinking leaking team playing 11 week before the match . https://t.co/0DOZwk4RDE
— Sai (@akakrcb6) December 10, 2020

I should not go drinking with him anymore
-Ravi Shastri https://t.co/yk3ZJncse1 pic.twitter.com/pCgvUsoYWi
— Royal Enfield Buddha (@RoyalEnfieldu) December 9, 2020

Good thing is that Indian team management never has a plan or Shastri would have shared it in one desi peg. https://t.co/bHsKUUwDhg
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) December 9, 2020

Kids: I drunk called my ex bro.

Legends: https://t.co/Hs92jSIBRX
— Manya (@CSKian716) December 9, 2020

Chappell must have been sent as a secret agent to decode India's plans and Ravi Sir spilled it over on a ???????? https://t.co/dSLnaQ7shq
— Udit (@udit_buch) December 9, 2020

By - 10 Dec, 2020

AUS v IND 2020-21: Fans joke after Ravi Shastri shares team info over a drink with Ian Chappell

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