Industrialist Anand Mahindra on Thursday raised the cricket fever by announcing a riddle, promising that early birds will get ‘Mahindra collectible scale model toy car.’ Mahindra, whose social media posts have often evoked overwhelming responses from netizens, asked about a cricketer, who’s as good in the 50-0ver game as he was in chess.
He wrote, “With #TeamIndia in the semis,cricket fever is intensifying. Let me fuel that fever with a riddle: ‘Talented in 64 squares; unstoppable in 50 overs’ Guess who this Indian player is.. Fastest fingers to the right answer wins a Mahindra collectible scale model toy car….”
With #TeamIndia in the semis,cricket fever is intensifying. Let me fuel that fever with a riddle: ‘Talented in 64 squares; unstoppable in 50 overs’ Guess who this Indian player is..
Fastest fingers to the right answer wins a Mahindra collectible scale model toy car….— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) July 4, 2019
No sooner did he post his tweet, his timeline flooded with replies with the majority of users replying that the correct answer was Yuzvendra Chahal, who’s been very impressive with his bowling in the current World Cup.
Yuzvendra Chahal is the only player to represent India in chess and cricket
— amol shinde (@amolshi28801066) July 4, 2019
Yuzvendra Chahal former chess player now a spinner
— Shaswat Pathak (@iamthe_shaswat) July 4, 2019
It’s none other than our Yuzi(yuzvendra chahal)..Please keep up ur words. https://t.co/5SYxCDs1fd
— dspratheepkumar (@dspratheepkumar) July 4, 2019
Yuzvendra Chahal is the correct answer .I saw him in one of the chess match when he was playing .
— ASHWIN AMBATWAR (@ashwinambatwar) July 4, 2019
Mahindra later announced the winner, identified as Chandu Agrawal. He wrote, “Expected a good response but stunned by how many responded so quickly with the answer.Clearly, cricket’s in our veins! And here’s the quickest finger..You were like greased lightning Chandu! Please email mahindracares@mahindra.com with your mailing address to get your scale model.”
Chahal has already taken 11 wickets with one more match to go before India play their semi-final match.