Indian cricketers Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Hardik Pandya trolled by American sitcom. ‘The Big Bang Theory’ for their names that are full of syllables.
British-Indian actor Kunal Nayyar, who plays the role of an Indian astrophysicist Rajesh Koothrappali in the series, takes his friend Howard Wolowitz (played by Simon Helberg) to the screening of an Indian cricket match in an episode of season 11.
Raj to Howard: That’s Ravichandran Ashwin, he’s amazing. He makes Hardik Pandya look like Bhuvaneshwar Kumar! ????
Sathya Nadella’s favourite cricketer features in #BigBangTheory today. @ashwinravi99 taps into the US market & fast becoming a global commodity! #AalaporanThamizhan pic.twitter.com/3t0vkHLYN7
— Srini Mama ???? (@SriniMama16) November 10, 2017
Rajesh Koothrappali makes fun of the cricketers while introducing Ashwin and says, “That’s Ravichandran Ashwin, he is amazing. He makes Hardik Pandya look like Bhuvneshwar Kumar.”
Well, both the actors were seen laughing at the jokes but it seems the joke didn’t go down well with many on social media. Twitterati expressed its anger in a series of tweets.
Seriously @kunalnayyar you let them write “@ashwinravi99 Ravichandran Ashwin makes @hardikpandya7 look like @BhuviOfficial Bhuvneshwar Kumar”? Did you even watch the India New Zealand series? https://t.co/sv0SWCf3oM #BigBangTheory #Cricket
— Sriram Venkitachalam (@SriramVenkit) November 10, 2017
Howard, who is barely interested in the match and doesn’t know much about cricket, replies, “Wooah, wooah, wooah! Save syllables for the rest of us.” Howard’s response is followed by a roar of laughter.
Another tweet reads, “Raj doesn’t make sense here but yay for ash! Just for the sake of setting up the syllable joke?”
On a related note, the Indian cricket team face Sri Lanka in three-match Test series. The Match starts from November 16 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.