Suresh Raina Controversial Tweets Against Pakistan Team

October 5, 2012

[center][size=5][font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif][b]"EK DO DIN LATE GAYE GHAR!!!WOH BI BESHARAM KI TARAH GAYE....... bye bye PAKISTHAN"[/b][/font][/size][/center]

Suresh Raina did attempt some damage control this morning, attributing the provocative tweet to his nephew who apparently had got hold of his smartphone -
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[indent=1]@ImRaina : Smart phones r dangerous. Discovered it last night after my nephew posted random tweets. I'm a sportsman and would never disrespect.
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@ImRaina : Though I already deleted it, I felt its better to clarify. To all those who r upset, I'm sorry . I'm not one to show disrespect.[/indent]

As expected, the move backfired, with people questioning the truth behind his excuse and also pointing out that there was just a difference of two minutes between that tweet and the next one about him looking forward to joining the Chennai Super Kings for the Champions League.

Raina’s response spawned a deluge of tweets from Twitter users poking fun at the middle-order batsman and his ‘nephew’. It even prompted [url="https://twitter.com/Raina_Nephew"]a spoof accoun[/url]t for the so-called nephew.

Here are some of the more hilarious responses on Twitter:

[img]http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/89Dp9pIUUSWKVx388MGJuA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTMxMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-02T195110Z_1_CBRE8911J5W00_RTROPTP_2_CRICKET-T20.JPG[/img]Raina's excuse worse than his gaffe?Raina's Nephew ‏[url="https://twitter.com/Raina_Nephew"]@Raina_Nephew[/url]: Since it is time for revelations... I was responsible for the JFK bullet as well

Ramesh Srivats ‏[url="https://twitter.com/rameshsrivats"]@rameshsrivats[/url]: Suresh Raina's favorite mythological character must be Kamsa. He also had big problems with his nephew.

IbneBattuta ‏[url="https://twitter.com/Ibnebattuta"]@Ibnebattuta[/url]: Meanwhile inspired by @ImRaina Dhoni is on the look out for a Nephew excuse for the T20 eviction.

Fake IPL Player ‏[url="https://twitter.com/_fakeiplplayer"]@_fakeiplplayer[/url]: If Suresh Raina's thumb is his nephew, what is Virat Kohli's middle finger to him?

Raheel Khursheed ‏[url="https://twitter.com/Raheelk"]@Raheelk[/url]: 'My nephew slept with the maid.' Shiny Ahuja