29 January,2018 12:50 PM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Lungi Ngidi
South African pacer Lungi Ngidi, 21, being bought by the Chennai Super Kings for Rs 50 lakh at Sunday's IPL player auction set off a series of jokes on social media. The player himself kicked it off with a hilarious tweet. "Just listened to the #LungiDance song loving it already," wrote Ngidi on Twitter. The Lungi Dance song is a hit track from superstar Shah Rukh Khan's 2013 blockbuster Chennai Express.
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"Thillalangadi @NgidiLungi is now in the den, straight from the South African Safari! #LungiDance begins! #WhistlePodu" wrote CSK on its official Twitter handle. Thillalangadi means the naughty one. Ngidi, who was handed his Test debut in the second match of the tri-series against India after Dale Steyn got injured, took nine wickets in two matches.
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