Indian fast bowler Ashoke Dinda hit back at Royal Challengers Bangalore and other social media trolls on Thursday and reminded them of his career achievements
"Haters, helping you get your statistics right. Stop and stare well your opinion is not my reality. So shut your hating selves and keep me out of your mouth,' Dinda wrote on his Facebook account.
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Dinda's reaction came out just a day after his former Indian Premier League (IPL) team posted a tweet taking a jibe at the bowler.
RCB's bowler Umesh Yadav picked up three wickets against Kings XI Punjab and the team's social media handle tweeted the bowler's picture captioning it as "Dinda academy? What's that?"
The tweet was later taken down by the franchise and they decided to give an explanation for deleting the post.
"As some of you pointed out, the previous version of this tweet was in bad taste. However, for all of you who have relentlessly trolled this lad, he said #challengeAccepted and bowled his heart out! 4-0-36-3, 15 off his last two overs & 2 wickets in those! #PlayBold #RCBvKXIP," RCB tweeted.
Umesh Yadav was under fire as he conceded 24 runs in the final over in the match against Chennai Super Kings on Sunday. RCB was able to win the match by one run but this performance by the bowler drew a fair share of criticism.
RCB is currently positioned at the bottom in the IPL league standings and they next face Delhi Capitals at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on April 28.
What is this all about?
Dinda was a part of IPL since the inaugural edition in 2008 till 2017 and played for as many as five teams including the likes of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders. He was very successful in the early editions but as his performances went in the final few seasons, Dinda was constantly trolled by fans. It turned into a social media joke where a fellow pace bowler will be called as 'part of Dinda academy' after any bad performance.
Dinda has featured for India in 13 ODIs, taking 12 wickets at an economy rate of 6.18 and an average of 51. In the 9 T20Is he played for India, the pace bowlers took 17 wickets at an economy rate of 8.17 and an average of 14.41.
