Tamil Director Venkat Prabhu reacted to the clever move of Ravichandran Ashwin while team India was needing 2 runs in last one ball. The filmmaker came up with a clip from his debut movie Chennai 28 where a character moves towards the stump to make the ball wide. When Ashwin used similar strategy during the end of the India-Pakistan match, comparisons were being made widely tagging the filmmaker.

Here’s some of the reactions for Ashwin’s clever move :

While you celebrate the win, spare a thought for the calmness of Ashwin in playing the wide and not looking for the slog.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 23, 2022

Pandya and DK got out. Then came in Ashwin. Coolly gauged the wide ball. Well left. Scored the final runs. I’ve never witnessed a collective uproar of applause inside an aircraft. All this was happening while we were full throttle on the runway. Great timing by the flight captain

— Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) October 23, 2022

R Ashwin presence of mind , DK fast running between the wickets is superb, ❤️❤️❤️

— Prabhudheva (@PDdancing) October 23, 2022

Man of the match 😂😂#INDvsPAK2022 #ashwin pic.twitter.com/B9Z7f5hdWZ

— Deep Gandhi (@journo_deep) October 23, 2022

Harsha bhogle : “1 ball 2 needed, the crowd is on their feet, Babar Azam pulls the fielders inside the circle, putting more pressure on the new batter Ravi Ashwin”

Chad Ash na : pic.twitter.com/I4jR3il0om

— prabha (@prabh_here) October 24, 2022

If cricket was science, Ashwin would be Einstein.😊😍#INDvPAK #Ashwin pic.twitter.com/J03o1S4uGs

— Adarsh singh🇮🇳 (@AdarshRo45) October 23, 2022

Virat Kohli on Ravi Ashwin – how brilliantly Ashwin did it. pic.twitter.com/1BtFrTDXT3

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 24, 2022

It’s almost like Ashwin predicted that ball will be down the leg side?

— Tanmay Bhat (@thetanmay) October 23, 2022

Everyone out there playing cricket. Ashwin sir playing chess. Underrated cameo 🫡#T20WorldCup2022 #IndvsPak #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/PHqhRzYnJO

— Kaustubh (@kaustubh01_) October 23, 2022

Few even claimed that the Tamil nadu based cricketer must have re-watched Chennai 28,a day before the main match of the ongoing T 20 world Cup tournament. Sharing the video, Venkat Prabhu said that himself and his team is “proud” and the tweet is trending among the online users.

When two runs were needed in last 2 balls, Dinesh Karthik of team India tried to give some room and flick the ball to the leg side but missed it. As he came down the pitch while trying to play it, Mohammad Rizwaan collected the ball and plucked the bails of the stumps to send DK back to the pavilion.

Ashwin anna tricking the bowler to produce a WIDE. pic.twitter.com/stY8h2osKh

— L E E ⑩ (@trolee_) October 23, 2022

Ravichandran Ashwin came to the crease and he was required to score the winning runs in the first ball he was going to face. While the fans were wondering where Ashwin has decided to go to score 2 runs, the cricketer just left the ball which was going down the leg side and made the match draw as it was announced as wide.

Ashwin is known for using the rules of the game to his favour and he did it one more time to make sure India gets their first points in the most important tournament of ICC. The coolest way to bring the most crucial run of the match impressed fans and experts. Fans who watch Tamil cinema compared Ashwin’s move with street cricket strategies and many came up with the clip from Chennai 28 where the batsman leaves wide and scores crucial run for his team.

Among the many, here’s how director Venkat Prabhu reacted to Ashwin’s move :

Proud us!! @ashwinravi99 #INDvsPAK #chennai28 #lastover pic.twitter.com/XqJO1Ahyzb

— venkat prabhu (@vp_offl) October 23, 2022

Check out some of the top reactions below :

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— rajkumarselvanathan (@rajbitinfo) October 23, 2022

Seriously thought this scene, when ashwin left the ball 🤣🤣

— பிரபாகரன் (@PrabaharRJ) October 23, 2022

@ashwinravi99 😂😂 inspired from Chennai 28

— lone (@_alulo) October 23, 2022

I can hear gopi bat theme in your tweet, such is your impact DirPrabhu

— NagaSai (@NagaSaiTeja_V) October 23, 2022