India's head coach Ravi Shastri surprised Twitterati with his sporting response to a meme on social media. From Shastri's comments to viral pictures, he has always given meme materials to the netizens.

There's another side of former India cricketer which has often been joked about on social media. Shastri's love for drinks is no secret and he has always been very open about it too. 

When India had defeated Australia in the Boxing day Test back in 2018, Shastri was spotted celebrating by drinking beer while walking out of the team bus on return to the hotel.

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Currently, India is playing the Test series against England and their third match was at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Gujarat is a dry state and it gave scope for memes related to Shastri. Even journalist Shobha De found a hilarious meme and shared it on her Twitter account.

The day-night Test ended in just two days and the meme read, "you thought I would stay in a dry state for five days?".

Shastri, to everyone's surprise, responded to the tweet. He was happy to put a smile on people's faces in this tough time. "Love the banter ! Feels good to bring some smiles in these tough times," wrote the India coach. 

India and England will lock horns for the last Test at the same venue. The hosts are currently 2-1 up in the four-match series.