NEW DELHI: Ravichandran Ashwin took social media by storm on Tuesday when he posted a seemingly random collage featuring Bollywood star Sunny Leone alongside a photograph of a Sadhu street in Chennai. With no subtitles and no context, fans were left confused, sparking a frenzy of memes, theories, and wild attempts to decode the X.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SIGN UP NOW!Within minutes, the post went viral, with users questioning whether Ashwin’s mischievous humor was back or whether the India veteran was hinting at something completely unexpected. But a few eagle-eyed fans cracked the code: this was Ashwin’s strange shout-out to Tamil Nadu’s latest sensation – Sunny Sandhu.
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The 22-year-old all-rounder produced a match-winning cameo in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Monday, blasting 30 off just 9 balls in a stunning seventh-wicket stand alongside Sai Sudharsan in Ahmedabad. Sandhu’s lightning knock sealed Tamil Nadu’s three-wicket win against Saurashtra after Sai Sudharsan’s unbeaten 101 off 55 balls lifted TN from a shaky 29/3.Ashwin’s silent tribute using the visual pun of ‘Sunny + Sadhu’ sent fans into hysterics once they decoded the message. On Wednesday, another conversation started: has Ashwin just increased Sunny Sandhu’s market value ahead of the IPL 2026 mini-auction, where the youngster has registered with a base price of Rs 30 lakh?Sandhu, uncapped and barely two matches old in domestic T20 cricket, may suddenly find himself under scrutiny – not just because of his explosive finishing, but also because of Ashwin’s enigmatic but shrewd support.
